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5 Suggestions for Reading the Book of Job

February 12, 2020 By Peter Krol

Bill Kynes does a fine job equipping us to read the book of Job to great profit. He offers 5 main suggestions:

  1. Appreciate the book’s literary form.
  2. Don’t rush through it.
  3. Read Job with an eye to its dramatic character.
  4. Read Job’s words sympathetically.
  5. Wrestle personally with the questions Job raises.

There is much here to help you study this book well.

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