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We often turn to the book of Job when we encounter suffering. We look for an explanation for the questions “Why me?” or “Why her?” But what if it turns out that although Job does suffer, the book is not really about his suffering? If ever a book needed a “How to Read” instruction manual, it is the book of Job. And when two respected Old Testament scholars team up—both of whom have written...

retribution principle, and he expresses anger over the attempts of the other friends to manufacture some sort of sin in Job’s past. Therefore, he devises a creative solution to provide a resolution. His first move is to redefine the retribution principle. Instead of accepting the normal view that the retribution principle is only a punitive response to past sins (in which case, sins prior to the beginning of the suffering have to be identified), he reconfigures the retribution principle to also include
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