Mark Larrimore has written a biography of a book. This book is not just any book, but one of the most controversial and perplexing in history, the Book of Job. The Book of Job puzzles and troubles nearly all who read it, with what it seems to say about justice and suffering being so separate and opposed to the solace readers find in other parts of the Bible. Larrimore's book is about the reception the book has received throughout history and the interpretations it has received. Joan Acocella of the New Yorker profiles Larrimore's book and is a good introduction to wrestling with the Book of Job. Is there justice in the Book of Job? The New Yorker, December 16, 2013
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