It is the classic story of bad things happening to someone trying to do good. Like the Old Testament tale that befell the tragic biblical figure of Job; students and staff at the federally funded ...

Classed with the poetic books of the Old Testament, Job is a book of deep philosophy which deals with some of the basic problems of life. It is cast in the form of a dramatic poem. There is a prose ...

"Do you really want to read the entire book of Job?" my pastor asked me, horrified. I'd asked him to help me read this ancient Biblical book, to understand why it spoke to people who suffer greatly. I ...

Although there is a widespread belief that the Book of Job presents a religious hero who possesses the virtue of patience in the highest degree, or who faces pain without questioning God’s justice, ...

In William Blake’s engravings for the Book of Job I found a powerful lesson about grief and attachment. By Amitha Kalaichandran Dr. Kalaichandran is an epidemiologist and physician. If grief could be ...

Ryan M. Armstrong does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

In 1863 the Confederate Army was “flushed with victory.” Throughout the summer of that year, the Union had been taking brutal losses. The cost in human lives was high. “Sometimes it looked,” Elizabeth ...

Madadh Richey is an assistant professor of Hebrew Bible at Brandeis. This article originally appeared on The Conversation. What is a “monster”? For most Americans, this word sparks images of haunted ...

Madadh Richey does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

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