| Authors: |
Kushner, Harold S.
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| Material type: |
Book |
| Subject: |
Suffering -- Religious aspects -- Judaism.
Bible.O.T.Job -- Commentaries.
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| Language: |
English |
| Publisher: |
New York : Nextbook : Schocken, c2012. |
| Description: |
xi, 201 p. ; 20 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780805242928 0805242929 |
| Contents: |
Introduction -- Does everything happen for a reason? -- The fable of Job -- The poem of Job -- The argument begins -- The argument continues -- The argument gets personal -- Confusion, perplexity, and a surprising climax -- Elihu -- Out of the whirlwind -- Answers. |
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| Summary: |
Draws on lessons from the Book of Job to offer advice on how to retain faith in the face of adversity and explains how to recognize controllable and uncontrollable factors. |