Part of a series called Lives of Great Reli­gious Books, in The Book of Job: A Biog­ra­phy the author ana­lyzes a bib­li­cal book which takes on the prob­lem of the ubiq­ui­ty of suf­fer­ing in the world. Cer­tain­ly in our post-Holo­caust era, when blood­shed seems almost tak­en for grant­ed, this book sur­veys the cen­tral­i­ty of a myth­i­cal but yet very real man and his friends who try to com­fort him. Lar­ri­more, direc­tor of the reli­gious stud­ies pro­gram at the New School for Lib­er­al Arts, care­ful­ly culls the rel­e­vant lit­er­a­ture surround­ing this involved and stir­ring bib­li­cal text. His new book should find a place on the shelves of col­leges, uni­ver­si­ties and sem­i­nar­ies teach­ing Old Tes­ta­ment/​Tanach.

Relat­ed Content:

• The Book of Job by Harold S. Kushner
• Jew­ish Lives Series by Yale Uni­ver­si­ty Press