Job
By: Steven Chase
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Belief, a theological commentary on the Bible; Belief (Series)
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Louisville, KY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780664232474
Subjects: Commentaries; Bible
Description: In this volume of the Belief series, Steven Chase brings the book of Job to life as its issues connect with our lives today. The ideas and questions of theodicy, divine justice, and divine power that arise and challenge Job's life still resonate with us today. Chase's commentary wrestles, theologically, with these issues and many others raised int he biblical text, but it also probes the depths of spiritual theology in the book of Job.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-298) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Prologue: Affliction, friendship, silence; title: Job's lament: A death-wish poem; title: First poetic dialogue cycle; title: Second poetic dialogue cycle; title: Third poetic dialogue cycle; title: Job's final summation and laments; title: The Elihu chapters; title: YHWH appears with Job's response.