Job: The Victim of His People

by René Girard

Book Overview

What do we know about the Book of Job? Not very much. The hero complains endlessly. He has just lost his children all his livestock. He scratches his ulcers. The misfortunes of which he complains are all duly enumerated in the prologue. They are misfortunes brought on him by Satan with God's permission.

We think we know, but are we sure? Not once in the Dialogues does Job mention either Satan or anything about his misdeeds. Could it be that...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804714045
• ISBN13: 9780804714044
• Release Date: November 1987
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 180 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.7" x 8.8"