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The Trial of Job: Orthodox Christian Reflections on the Book of Job is unavailable, but you can change that!

In The Trial of Job, Father Patrick Reardon helps the reader identify with Job on multiple levels, making him accessible to those less familiar with Scripture, those who cannot relate to the extent of his suffering and despair, as well as those who have had their share of tragedy.

problem uncovered in this chapter of Job: “I believe that one of the fundamental insights of the Book of Job is that theodicy is always a losing game. God cannot be justified, by Reason, reasons, or reasoning. The only argument for God is God Himself.… No matter how much a man has suffered or received in his suffering, it does not qualify him to serve as God’s attorney.”
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