Includes bibliographical references (p. 139-141) and index
Introducing the strategies of this reflection -- The structure of the book with its framing story -- Three rounds of multifaceted dialogue -- Denouement and epilogue -- A comparative glance at Ayyub in the Qur'an (by A.H. Johns) -- Classical commentaries: Saadiah, Maimonides, Aquinas, and Gersonides -- Job mediating two opposing views of theodicy -- Assessing Job's contribution to theodicy : contrasting semantics of explaining and addressing