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Now My Eyes Have Seen You: Images of Creation and Evil in the Book of Job (New Studies in Biblical Theology)

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This book takes a strong Historical-critical approach to the book of Job. It is well written and enlightening. The contrast he shows between the cannanite gods and YHWH really open up the text and the theology of the book of Job. The book does not really address the problem of pain and suffering because Job does not address it. The Author shows a meaninful connection between the soverngity of God and the hurt in life.

From the back of the book:
Few biblical texts are more daunting, and yet more fascinating, than the book of Job-and few have been the subject of such diverse interpretation. For the author, 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 study 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. The author 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 how-in the crucible of suffering-these are to be understood. He encourages readers to listen to this remarkable literature, to be moved by it, and to see its progress from shrieking protest to repentance and vision.