This leads to the second purpose of the book, which is to explore the proper relationship between God and humanity or, to put it another way, the nature of true faith or righteousness. Gregory Parsons argues that “the relationship between God and man is the basic problem of the book,” which involves the refutation of a dogmatic theology of retribution that binds God. We shall see that this is not a book about suffering, but the losses inflicted on Job shed light on the book’s purpose. Parsons suggests