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Deconstructing Theodicy: Why Job Has Nothing to Say to the Puzzle of Suffering

Deconstructing Theodicy: Why Job Has Nothing to Say to the Puzzle of Suffering

by David Burrell

An ancient commentator called Job a "strange and wonderful book." For many readers, "strange" might do. Though Job has been characterized as an answer to the problem of suffering, for many the book fails to satisfy the longing for answers it supposedly contains. Perhaps that, in fact, is the point of Job--there are no satisfactory arguments for why people su… Read more…