God Trauma and Wisdom Therapy: A Commentary on Job

by Norman C. Habel

This volume analyzes how a narrator from the ancient Wisdom School portrays the deep trauma experiences of Job in his brutal relations with his God and his friends. These experiences range from the trauma of meaningless existence to the trauma of human oppression. Job experiences God as a celestial spy, an angry adversary, and Job's potential murderer. As an innocent victim, Job seeks to take God to court but is frustrated by the inaccessibility...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1506499295
• ISBN13: 9781506499291
• Release Date: March 2024
• Publisher: Fortress Press
• Length: 171 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 8.6"