num_pages: 208
description: 'Now my eyes have seen you. (Job 42:5) Few biblical texts are more daunting and yet more fascinating than the book of Joband few have been the subject of such diverse interpretation. For Robert Fyall the mystery of God's ways and the appalling evil and suffering in the world are at the heart of Job's significant contribution to the canon of Scripture. This New Studies in Biblical Theology volume offers a holistic reading of Job with particular reference to its depiction of creation and evil and finds significant clues to its meaning in the striking imagery it uses. Fyall takes seriously the literary and artistic integrity of the book of Job as well as its theological profundity. He concludes that it is not so much about suffering per se as about creation providence and knowing God and hown the crucible of sufferingthese are to be understood. He encourages us to listen to this remarkable literature to be moved by it and to see its progress from shrieking protest to repentence and vision. Addressing key issues in biblical theology the works comprising New Studies in Biblical Theology are creative attempts to help Christians better understand their Bibles. The NSBT series is edited by D. A. Carson aiming to simultaneously instruct and to edify to interact with current scholarship and to point the way ahead.
language: English
title: Now My Eyes Have Seen You: Images of Creation and Evil in the Book of Job
publisher: IVP Academic