to Say to the Puzzle of Suffering, Burrell maintains that a principal function of Job is to deconstruct all of the “sober efforts of philosophers to construct theories” that defend the character of God.8 Despite Tilley’s and Burrell’s attempts to wave us off, however, no Christian asking about innocent suffering can finally stay away from this compelling story. The book of Job is an enormously subtle and complex work, amenable to multiple readings, and there is still at least one more possibility
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