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Review title: Best book on Job
Product review: Newsom's thesis is that the truth about God and suffering in the book of Job is not found in any one pronouncement of the book, any section, or any genre, rather it is explored through the dialogic process. Job is a polyphonic text, meaning a text composed of different voices, none of which has privilege. While this will be less than satisfying to some, it does offer an interesting study. Newsom does a lot of work with narrative theory, as opposed to many of the Job scholars out there. Some of her unique insights include an ingenious explanation for why the third cycle of the dialogues ends the way it does, the (il)logic of Job's speeches in the dialogue, and an interesting theory on Elihu's speeches. Job invites us to offer our own explanation for suffering to the discussion. If you have been working on Job for a while and are frustrated with all the conflicting theories, pick this book up for a fresh read.
