Job: A Theological Commentary on the Bible

Praise for the Series
"Belief offers something pastors and laypersons sorely need: guidance in reflecting on the theology of the Bible offered by theologians who are themselves being formed by the biblical text. In this series, theologians resist picking and choosing passages that serve their own constructive theological arguments. Rather, they listen afresh to what the Bible is saying, discussing how they have been affected, and even changed, by each biblical book." —Cynthia Rigby, W. C. Brown Professor of Theology, Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary
"The series offers an impressive variety of theological voices representing a broad range of traditions, styles, and locations, all asking what the upshot of the biblical texts is for pressing theological issues in our day, both issues that are perennial and issues that are peculiar to ‘modernity.’ For anyone who wants to think about what the Bible has to say to theological discussions today, the voices within this series will be as arresting and provocative as the variety of voices within the Bible itself." —David H. Kelsey, Luther A. Weigle Professor of Theology Emeritus, Yale University Divinity School

The volumes in Belief: A Theological Commentary on the Bible from Westminster John Knox Press offer a fresh and invigorating approach to all the books of the Bible. Building on a wide range of sources from biblical studies, the history of theology, the church’s liturgical and musical traditions, contemporary culture, and the Christian tradition, noted scholars focus less on traditional historical and literary angles in favor of a theologically focused commentary that considers the contemporary relevance of the texts. This series is an invaluable resource for those who want to probe beyond the backgrounds and words of biblical texts to their deep theological and ethical meanings for the church today.
The book of Job, an enigmatic but powerful book in the Old Testament canon, raises universal questions about suffering and God’s relationship to both the cause of anguish and those who endure it. Rational, unambiguous answers to Job’s questions give way to Job’s experience in his enduring suffering. The ideas and questions of theodicy, divine justice, and divine power that arise and challenge Job’s life still resonate with our lives today. Chase’s commentary in the Belief series wrestles, theologically, with these issues and many others raised in the biblical text, but it also probes the depths of spiritual theology in the book of Job.