FOREWORD Through the prism of his own trials, professional disillusionment, and intense interest in medical ethics, James Reitman engages in this important exercise in biblical interpretation, mining two wisdom books for the answers to the theist’s dilemma. He believes that Job and Ecclesiastes help us answer the question: why is there reason to hope, much less to live and believe in God, when life’s quest for fulfillment leaves only an unshakable sense of utter futility. For Reitman, Job turns out