Tikvah
MosaicImage of Mosaic
Editors’ Pick

December 5, 2014

The Life, and Afterlife, of Job

Few biblical books have engendered as much analysis or philosophical discussion as the story of Job. A recent “biography” of the title character, by Mark Larrimore, examines the various interpretations to which he and his experience have been subjected, from the apocryphal Testament of Job to Elie Wiesel. Shalom Carmy reviews Larrimore’s book and highlights some of its shortcomings:

SaveGift

December 5, 2014

  1. Zionism Is Not in Crisis

  2. Both Statehood and Terrorism: Abbas’s Two-Track Strategy

  3. When the Middle East Studies Association Boycotts Israel. . .

  4. Preserving the Site of the Sobibor Death Camp

  5. The Life, and Afterlife, of Job