{"product_id":"the-book-of-job-annotated-explained-9781594733895","title":"The Book of Job: Annotated \u0026 Explained","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe poetical masterpiece that confronts the inexplicable mystery of good and evil can be a companion on your own spiritual journey.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book of Job, celebrated as a classic of world literature and one of the glories of the Bible, can often be puzzling and frustrating: puzzling for its dialogue form and off-putting because of the many questions it leaves unanswered. The book was written in a world very different from our own, and yet the fundamental questions it raises are still ones we grapple with today: Is it worthwhile to act for the best? Does life have a meaning beyond itself? Why do the righteous suffer and the guilty prosper?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this accessible guide to a spiritual masterpiece, Donald Kraus, the editor of the Oxford University Press Study Bible program, clarifies what Job is, helps overcome difficulties in the text and suggests what Job may mean for us today. Kraus's fresh translation captures some of the finest poetry in the Hebrew Bible and uncovers the original author's intent in a way that is accessible for modern readers and spiritual seekers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis inviting SkyLight Illuminations edition, with probing facing-page commentary, explores Job's daring challenges to God's goodness, asks questions about the basic fairness of existence, and offers compelling descriptions of the glories of the created world and the bitter sorrows of human life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKraus, Donald:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDonald Kraus\u003c\/strong\u003e, executive editor for Bibles at Oxford University Press, has produced such high-profile projects as \u003cem\u003eThe Catholic Study Bible\u003c\/em\u003e (first and second editions); \u003cem\u003eThe New Oxford Annotated Bible with the Apocrypha\u003c\/em\u003e;\u003cem\u003e The Jewish Study Bible\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Jewish Annotated New Testament.\u003c\/em\u003e He is author of \u003cem\u003eChoosing a Bible \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eSex, Sacrifice, Shame and Smiting.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBrettler, Marc Zvi:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDr. Marc Zvi Brettler\u003c\/strong\u003e is the Dora Golding Professor of Biblical Studies at Brandeis University. He contributed to all volumes of the \u003cem\u003eMy People's Prayer Book: Traditional Prayers, Modern Commentaries\u003c\/em\u003e series (winner of the National Jewish Book Award) and to \u003cem\u003eMy People's Passover Haggadah: Traditional Texts, Modern Commentaries\u003c\/em\u003e;\u003cem\u003e Who by Fire, Who by Water\u003c\/em\u003e--Un'taneh Tokef; \u003cem\u003eAll These Vows\u003c\/em\u003e--Kol Nidre; \u003cem\u003eMay God Remember: Memory and Memorializing in Judaism\u003c\/em\u003e--Yizkor and \u003cem\u003eWe Have Sinned: Sin and Confession in Judaism\u003c\/em\u003e--Ashamnu\u003cem\u003e and\u003c\/em\u003e Al Chet (all Jewish Lights). He is coeditor of \u003cem\u003eThe Jewish Annotated New Testament\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Jewish Study Bible\u003c\/em\u003e, which won the National Jewish Book Award; coauthor of \u003cem\u003eThe Bible and the Believer\u003c\/em\u003e and author of \u003cem\u003eHow to Read the Jewish Bible\u003c\/em\u003e, among other books and articles. He has also been interviewed on National Public Radio's \u003cem\u003eFresh Air\u003c\/em\u003e by Terry Gross.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Skylight Paths Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50421126889746,"sku":"9781594733895","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_56b4c180-0f6a-4575-921f-417d8415bc53.jpg?v=1729502429","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-book-of-job-annotated-explained-9781594733895","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}