We find ourselves put to the test : a reading of the Book of Job /

"The question of whether the world we inhabit offers us, at bottom, hospitality or indifference is central to the spiritual literature of all cultures. We Find Ourselves Put to the Test: A Reading of the Book of Job returns to the biblical text to explore the enduring relevance of that question...

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Manylion Llyfryddiaeth
Prif Awdur: Crooks, James, 1959- (Awdur)
Fformat: Llyfr
Iaith:English
Cyhoeddwyd: Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2018.
Pynciau:
Tabl Cynhwysion:
  • Two beginnings
  • or, how I came to the Book of Job
  • Job finds himself put to the test
  • Job's friends try to comfort him
  • Job is patient
  • God and Satan wager : a dramatic interlude
  • Elihu takes up the argument
  • The voice from the whirlwind
  • Job is restored.