“For No Reason”

Interpretation: A Journal of Bible and Theology 57 (4):349-369 (2003)
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The words “for no reason” hang over Job's story like the sword of Damocles. When the sword falls, we are plunged into a world that seems to hold “no more beginnings.” Why Israel's scriptures should include such a story, and why this story seeds any new beginnings for life “east of Eden,” is Job's question ... and ours

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