The Book Of Job by Harold S. Kushner
When Bad Things Happened to a Good Person
A thoughtful, accessible interpretation of the biblical story that treats one man’s catastrophic losses as a challenge to simplistic theodicies, rejecting the idea that suffering is divine punishment and instead emphasizing the limits of human understanding and the mystery of God; it follows his endurance and debates with well-meaning but wrongheaded friends, records his anguished protest before God, and draws practical lessons about preserving integrity, accepting uncertainty, and meeting suffering with compassion, solidarity, and moral courage rather than neat answers.
The 17152nd greatest book of all time
- Published
- 2012
- Nationality
- American
- Length
- Short
- Pages
- 202
- Original Language
- English
- Avg User Rating
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(5.0)
- Alternate Titles
- None
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