The Book of Job: Voices of Today

Written by King James Version and Stephen Curkpatrick

Narrated by Sarah Bacaller and Denis Daly

Accusation is the unperceived catalyst for this dramatic narrative; Job is framed by the accusation that his self-invested allegiance to God will evaporate if he is exposed to adversity. Job is unaware that this wager against his integrity has taken place. The drama that ensues on an epic scale resonates with universal experiences of human suffering—from Job's searching questions, to the grating interventions of Job's friends, and the sense that human misfortune can seem contingent on the whim of unseen powers.

 

The Book of Job is found in the writings of the Hebrew Bible and is the first book of poetry in the Old Testament. This audiobook is performed by Sarah Bacaller and Denis Daly, and includes a foreword written by Dr. Stephen Curkpatrick.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Voices of Today
• Release date: Sep 8, 2020
• ISBN: 9781953007094

King James Version

The authors of the King James Bible were forty-seven scholars divided into six committees assigned by King James I the task of creating a new English language translation in 1604. Of the six committees, the First Cambridge group was responsible for the Book of Psalms. While many of the Psalms are attributed to King David, his authorship is considered unlikely however by many biblical scholars.

Reviews for The Book of Job

[ms_rowse · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Still digesting this translation. I've always been confused by the King James version; this translation helps a little bit. Read this for my class at Amherst College.

[gbill_7 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

A fantastic translation and introduction by Stephen Mitchell for one of the more profound books of the Bible, which also reminds me of the Bhagavad Gita. It deals with the question believers wrestle with: how could God let this happen? I have been a good person and do not deserve to suffer, so why me? Or in a larger sense, questions like it for all of humanity's sufferings in the apparent absence of a god.As Mitchell points out, a part of God’s response in this book is to show the vastness and the grandeur of the cosmos. We are so small, and there is no answer to "why me" because it's the wrong question. Mitchell writes: "The physical body is acknowledged as dust, the personal drama as delusion. It is as if the world we perceive through our senses, that whole gorgeous and terrible pageant, were the breath-thin surface of a bubble, and everything else, inside and outside, is pure radiance. Both suffering and joy come then like a brief reflection, and death like a pin."All of our memories, the tender moments and drama, everything that makes up our life, is so fleeting. We cannot possibly comprehend God or the meaning of the universe, and should only simply love everything around us and be kind. As an atheist, what I find incredibly interesting and spiritual about it is that even if I don't believe, I come to these same conclusions. It's one of those things where both paths, seemingly so contradictory, take one to the same place.

[raizel_1 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

In the introduciton, Mitchell mentions "The only parallel to it in Western literature is Whitman's 'Song of Myself.' [p. xxiii].Among the notes at the back is a list of verses deleted or omitted. In his 'A note on the text,' he explains why.