Kathleen M. O'Connor

Job (eBook, ePUB)

Volume 19

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

How can it be that good people suffer and yet God is just? For thousands of years, the profoundly moving story of Job has allowed people of faith to reflect on that question. Among the books of the Old Testament classified as "wisdom" literature, the book of Job never loses its freshness and power. Job is a righteous man, stripped of all he holds dear, who engages in a powerful dialogue with three friends on the nature and cause of suffering. Job's friends struggle to justify Job's suffering and advise him on a course of action. Job counters their arguments and then turns his attention to God in a desperate plea for justice. When God's answer comes from the whirlwind it is not what we expect. In this commentary, Kathleen O'Connor makes the characters in the book of Job and their speeches come alive. She explores and illuminates the beliefs that undergird their perspectives, helping the reader contextualize this powerful tale. Then, O'Connor invites readers to engage with Job's story personally and work to develop their own solution to the dilemmas faced by both Job and his friends. It is a unique approach that connects both head and heart with this powerful inquiry into suffering and God's justice.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Liturgical Press
• Seitenzahl: 112
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780814647899
• Artikelnr.: 47465325

Autorenporträt

Kathleen M. O'Connor is the William Marcellus McPheeters Professor Emerita of Old Testament at Columbia Theological Seminary in Decatur, Georgia, and the author of several books including The Wisdom Literature (Liturgical Press, 1990) and Lamentations and the Tears of the World (Orbis, 2002). She is a past president of the Catholic Biblical Association. Previously, she taught at the Maryknoll School of Theology in New York, and has frequently given courses in Central America, Thailand, Japan, and Ireland.