Job is the most dramatic book in the Old Testament.  It explores the problem of suffering through dialogue between Job and his three friends.  With the book “Job for Public Performance” you can:

• put on Job as a dramatic performance in a church, theatre, community centre, on radio etc.;
• read Job on your own in one to six sessions, and so experience the power and impact of the book as a whole;
• choose from various suggestions for the essential musical interludes, and get to know other production tips;
• read an essay on “The Meaning of Job” and reflect on the clash between faith in God and actual experience of tragedy, injustice and disaster;
• read the brilliant forward by Bishop Rowan Williams, former Archbishop  of Canterbury.