When Bad Things Happen to Good People<\/em>.<\/p>\nWhat he does in The Book of Job<\/em> is provide commentary (in Hebrew, midrash<\/em>) on the Biblical Book of Job. Using the best sources available plus his own observations and interpretations, Kushner examines Job from beginning to end to try to make theological sense of this beautiful and sometimes puzzling piece of literature. The final result is that one cannot help but feel uplifted about both the nature of God and humankind as the rabbi explores a plausible and optimistic interpretation of Job.<\/p>\nThis book is for everyone because everyone will suffer. And if in that suffering the question, \u201cWhy, God?\u201d is ever asked, then understanding and embracing the God of love will make all the difference. Harold Kushner believes in and points to that kind of God. But, and perhaps most important, Kushner provides a challenge to suffering humanity as well. Job is, after all a book about us.<\/p>\n
\u201cWho will we be; how shall we act when suffering besets us?\u201d That is Kushner\u2019s way of moving the listener into a consideration of how in our suffering, and especially in our alleviation of the suffering of others, we find our humanity. Because of Kushner\u2019s insight and comforting presence, this is an audio book worth listening to again and again.<\/p>\n
\n- Chuck McGathy, a retired Navy chaplain, is the pastor of First Baptist Church of Madison, N.C.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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<\/a>Unlike with many audio books, the author Rabbi Harold Kushner reads his own unabridged commentary on the Book of Job. His soothing, pastoral voice lends comfort to this work, a work that is, after all, about suffering. And perhaps no other voice is as well respected as Kushner\u2019s because of his own story of suffering (he had a son die of a rare disease) as well as his best-selling When Bad Things Happen to Good People<\/em>.<\/p>\n