Book of Job

Donald Kraus, executive editor for Bibles at Oxford University Press, has produced such high-profile projects as The Catholic Study Bible (first and second editions); The New Oxford Annotated Bible with the Apocrypha; The Jewish Study Bible and The Jewish Annotated New Testament. He is author of Choosing a Bible and Sex, Sacrifice, Shame and Smiting.Dr. Marc Zvi Brettler is the Dora Golding Professor of Biblical Studies at Brandeis University. He contributed to all volumes of the My People's Prayer Book: Traditional Prayers, Modern Commentaries series (winner of the National Jewish Book Award) and to My People's Passover Haggadah: Traditional Texts, Modern Commentaries; Who by Fire, Who by Water—Un'taneh Tokef; All These Vows—Kol Nidre; May God Remember: Memory and Memorializing in Judaism—Yizkor and We Have Sinned: Sin and Confession in Judaism—Ashamnu and Al Chet (all Jewish Lights). He is coeditor of The Jewish Annotated New Testament and The Jewish Study Bible, which won the National Jewish Book Award; coauthor of The Bible and the Believer and author of How to Read the Jewish Bible, among other books and articles. He has also been interviewed on National Public Radio's Fresh Air by Terry Gross.

• Foreword viiIntroduction xiThe Prose Framework: Opening Chapter 1Chapter 2Job's Curse Chapter 3The First Dialogue Cycle Chapter 4Chapter 5Chapter 6Chapter 7Chapter 8Chapter 9Chapter 10Chapter 11Chapter 12Chapter 13Chapter 14The Second Dialogue CycleChapter 15Chapter 16Chapter 17Chapter 18Chapter 19Chapter 20Chapter 21The Third Dialogue Cycle Chapter 22Chapter 23Chapter 24Chapter 25Chapter 26Chapter 27Chapter 28Job's Final Speeches Chapter 29Chapter 30Chapter 31The Elihu Explosion Chapter 32Chapter 33Chapter 34Chapter 35Chapter 36Chapter 37The Answer of God from the Storm Chapter 38Chapter 39Chapter 40Chapter 41Job's Final ReplyChapter 42 (verses 1–6)The Prose Framework: ClosingChapter 42 (verses 7–17)AcknowledgmentsSuggestions for Further Reading

"Donald Kraus's exposition is eloquent, theologically sensitive and, like the book of Job itself, unflinching in its honesty. A masterpiece!"—Michael Coogan, lecturer on Old Testament/Hebrew Bible, Harvard Divinity School; director of publications, Harvard Semitic Museum"A wise, insightful and clear guide to this fascinating book.... An excellent companion to reading Job, either on one's own or in a group."—Carol A. Newsom, Charles Howard Candler Professor of Old Testament/Hebrew Bible, Emory University; author, The Book of Job: A Contest of Moral Imaginations“Kraus invites us to wrestle, like Job, with the hardest questions in life, about suffering, justice, fairness and the place of God in the midst of all of it. This is an excellent resource for adult education, personal enrichment, someone who wants more insight into a literary gem (Kraus’s translation is a wonder of beauty), or the seeker after Wisdom.”—The Most Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori, Presiding Bishop, Episcopal Church; author, Gathering at God’s Table: The Meaning of Mission in the Feast of Faith“The book of Job is one of the most honest books in the Bible, but readers need a guide … familiar with its twists and turns who can help us … to discover its wisdom.… Kraus … brings the text to life and the meaning to light. By all means read it. By all means ponder it.”—Rabbi Rami Shapiro, author, Ecclesiastes: Annotated & Explained