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Job’s Protest to God in Job 10:1-22 and Its Resonance in Contemporary Suffering in Africa

Luke Emehielechukwu Ijezie
Catholic Institute of West Africa, Nigeria
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DOI icon 10.24018/theology.2021.1.5.44

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Submitted 2021-08-26
Published 2021-10-06

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This essay addresses the anguish of Job which he pours out in Job 10. Job’s anguish is heightened by the fact that he does not know why he is suffering. He directs his protest to God whom he believes knows everything and judges the deepest intentions of human heart. How can God who is the sole author of life and judges rightly be responsible for this unjustifiable torment of the life a righteous man? This study examines the different outpourings of Job’s anguished heart and sees them as the epitome of the anguish of a whole group that passes through unjust suffering. The approach adopted in the study is exegetical but with practical pastoral concerns.

Keywords: Anguish, innocence, oppression, suffering

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