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Available
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Publication
NY. Heritage Press. 1946. (1946), Edition: Illustrated, Hardcover, 148 pages
Description
Experience all the power, poetry, and passion of one of the Bibles most moving stories as God and Satan contest for the soul of a good and faithful mana man whose faith is about to be tested in ways most of us can scarcely imagine. This full cast recording makes the languageand the emotionsof this great text accessible in a completely new way.
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Physical description
148 p.; 10.7 inches
ISBN
1131432517 / 9781131432519
Local notes
Relates the story of Job, in Jewish tradition is the son of Uz, who was the son of Nahor, the brother of Abraham. It tells of his trials at the hands of God, his theological discussions with friends on the origins and nature of his suffering, his challenge to God, and finally a response from God. The book comprises a didactic poem set in a prose frame, asking the question "why do the righteous suffer?"