Job, the literary masterpiece that tackles the problem of unmerited suffering

Book takes form of poetic drama, and a famous adaptation won a Tony Award

“Joseph Is Rebuked by His Friends,” from the drawings by William Blake illustrating the book of Job. Image via Wikimedia is in the public domain.

The book of Job in the Old Testament¹ is one of the world’s literary masterpieces and the most notable work of the ancient world that attempts to answer in detail the question of why righteous people suffer. Man…