Planned and written specifically for teaching and preaching needs, this critically acclaimed biblical commentary is a major contribution to scholarship and ministry.

The worst possible calamities have befallen Job: financial ruin, his children's death, an agonizing disease. And a disaster worse than these: The God who was once his friend is now silent and the apparent cause of his sufferings. This Bible study is for anyone who has ever suffered unexplained tragedy and wants to wrestle to a deeper intimacy with God. Contains historical context and word studies from Job. • Personal study between sessions • 13 sessions • Includes study aids and discussion questions

The book of Job is considered by many to be the crown jewel of biblical literature in its claim to speak about God. The word that defines the challenge for every reader of the book is ?struggle.? The struggle results from the fact that whatever Job's truth may be, he was neither the first nor the last to try to articulate it. In the midst of so many words in this world about God from writers within and outside the scriptural witness, this book offers a truly astonishing declaration about what it means to live in a world where order breaks down and chaos runs amok, where the innocent suffer and the wicked thrive, where cries for help go unanswered. This new commentary by biblical scholar Samuel Balentine leads readers on an in-depth and far-reaching look at the nature of the book of Jo & and the various attempts by the many who have sought to further explore Job's essential struggle.

Genèse 1 1 Au commencement Dieu créa les cieux et la terre. 2Et la terre était désolation et vide, et il y avait des ténèbres sur la face de l'abîme. Et l'Esprit de Dieu planait sur la face des eaux. 3 Et Dieu dit: Que la lumière soit! Et la lumière fut. 4Et Dieu vit la lumière, qu'elle était bonne; et Dieu sépara la lumière d'avec les ténèbres. 5Et Dieu appela la lumière Jour; et les ténèbres, il les appela Nuit. Et il y eut soir, et il y eut matin: -premier jour.

The 18th volume in the popular Bible study series leads readers through a penetrating study of the Book of Job using the biblical text itself and the Church's own guidelines for understanding the Bible. Ample notes accompany each page, providing fresh insights by renowned Bible teachers Scott Hahn and Curtis Mitch, as well as time-tested interpretations from the Fathers of the Church. They provide rich historical, cultural, geographical or theological information pertinent to the Old Testament book - information that bridges the distance between the biblical world and our own. It also includes Topical Essays, Word Studies and Charts. The Topical Essays explore the major themes of Job , often relating them to the teachings of the Church. The Word Studies explain the background to important Bible terms, while the Charts summarize crucial biblical information "at a glance".