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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.

“YOU HAVE HEARD OF THE PERSEVERANCE OF JOB,” wrote St. James, “and seen the end intended by the Lord—that the Lord is very compassionate and merciful” (James 5:11). It is useful to begin this study of Job with a glance at James, I think, not only because James is the only New Testament writer to mention Job explicitly, but also because he provides the traditional Christian approach to Job—namely, the theme of the just man who is tried in his faith. In this respect, it is worth citing
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