Job (Smyth & Helwys Bible Commentary) (Smyth & Helwys Bible Commentary series)

Sam Balentine has written a breath-taking commentary on the book of Job that is sure to be the beginning point of all subsequent Job study.Balentine's writing on the character of Job will compel exegetes to pay attention; more than that, it will occupy pastors and theologians with the complexity of articulating the “final truth” about God, and will be an authoritative voice in the great conversation among us concerning our contemporary moral crisis. Written by accomplished scholars with all students of Scripture in mind, this innovative new commentary series is designed to make quality Bible study more accessible. Pastors, professors and students of Scripture are discovering that this commentary is a wonderful new tool for enhancing interpretation."Balentine is a first rate exegete. But then, after he reads the text, he moves out in bold and daring ways to make fresh connections. He has digested every commentary, remembered every poem, taken into account of every artistic portrayal. There is not a page of this commentary on which I was not led, in generative ways, to where I had not previously been. I cannot imagine a reader who will not find it to be so. Balentine’s work is a demanding assurance that the 'thickness' of humanity is still available in a way that refuses glib characterization. In this remarkable commentary series, Balentine has set a new standard of excellence . . . of artistic sensibility and of hard-nosed, faithful reading. As I have already said, 'breath taking!'”—Walter Bruggemann