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THE
BOOK OF JOB
HarperCollins, 1992
The Book of Job is the greatest Jewish work of art and one
of the masterpieces of world literature. Its theme is nothing
less than human suffering and the transcendence of it; it
pulses with moral energy, moral outrage, and deep spiritual
insight. Because Job is the archetypal victim, a good man
who must suffer for no good reason, his story can serve as
the central parable from our post-Holocaust age.
Now the Book of Job has been translated by the eminent translator
and scholar Stephen Mitchell. This is
the first time ever
that the Hebrew verse of Job has been translated into verse
in any language, ancient or modern, and the result is a triumph.
This edition contains a brilliant introduction by Mr. Mitchell,
which illuminates God's answer from the whirlwind.
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