Review of The Legacy of Job's Wife
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Review of The Legacy of Job's Wife
[Following is a volunteer review of "The Legacy of Job's Wife" by Cynthia Koelker.]
5 out of 5 stars
It is a work of fiction written by Cynthia J. Koelker that tells a poignant tale of love, mourning, and redemption in the voice of a woman whose husband took center stage in the Bible’s recounting of an exemplary life of personal and corporate dedicated suffering. The story is in the form of the wife narrating the ordeal of the fellow Job with personal comments from her emotions and feelings.
The narrative begins with Job's wife recalling her infamous words to Job: The words ‘Curse God and die.’ resound in her head as she recalls all the happiness and pain that they have shared as husband and wife. It is presented in a way that the lady is telling the history of her life and relationship with Job right from when she was born.
Love and Memory: Even the wife takes memory as to how much Job has been in love with her and the beautiful moments that they shared. On this basis, their relations are described as intimate and passionate, where they share many aspects of their lives, which define their characters.
Forgiveness: Over the course of the narrative, the wife feels and expresses rage and revenge, and then asks for pardoning for her earlier expression. This process of forgiving is a core part of her character transformation.
Meanwhile, while advancing the plot the characters face a lot of difficulties and disasters that challenge the relations between the couple. Job’s wealth, health, and children are taken from him, consequently, he suffers a great deal. At this time Job’s wife feels lonely and is driven to despair. Her famous line ‘Curse God and die’ shows her frustration and thus depicts one of the worst moments of emotional connection with him. This moment shows how the burden makes the gap: a wife cries as if she is all alone in her suffering while her husband remains faithful.
I like the climax of the plot, Job’s wife seems to be a rather intricate and evolved character, whose role is to introduce the themes of love, death, and salvation into the plot. In my opinion, the story summarizes the issue of searching for the purpose of pain and the triumph of love and redemption, especially in tragic circumstances so astonishingly highlighting key problems of human life.
What I can say after finishing this book is that I had the respect for this book. I skimmed through it because of the good choice of words and the neat laying out of words. I am genuinely having a hard time trying to figure out any situation under which this book would not be given five stars.
In conclusion, The Legacy of Job’s Wife is a thoroughly engaging novel with powerful emotion at its center; it provides a new perspective to an old text, thereby focusing on the true protagonist, a woman whose tragic existence is overshadowed by the man she married.
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The Legacy of Job's Wife
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5 out of 5 stars
It is a work of fiction written by Cynthia J. Koelker that tells a poignant tale of love, mourning, and redemption in the voice of a woman whose husband took center stage in the Bible’s recounting of an exemplary life of personal and corporate dedicated suffering. The story is in the form of the wife narrating the ordeal of the fellow Job with personal comments from her emotions and feelings.
The narrative begins with Job's wife recalling her infamous words to Job: The words ‘Curse God and die.’ resound in her head as she recalls all the happiness and pain that they have shared as husband and wife. It is presented in a way that the lady is telling the history of her life and relationship with Job right from when she was born.
Love and Memory: Even the wife takes memory as to how much Job has been in love with her and the beautiful moments that they shared. On this basis, their relations are described as intimate and passionate, where they share many aspects of their lives, which define their characters.
Forgiveness: Over the course of the narrative, the wife feels and expresses rage and revenge, and then asks for pardoning for her earlier expression. This process of forgiving is a core part of her character transformation.
Meanwhile, while advancing the plot the characters face a lot of difficulties and disasters that challenge the relations between the couple. Job’s wealth, health, and children are taken from him, consequently, he suffers a great deal. At this time Job’s wife feels lonely and is driven to despair. Her famous line ‘Curse God and die’ shows her frustration and thus depicts one of the worst moments of emotional connection with him. This moment shows how the burden makes the gap: a wife cries as if she is all alone in her suffering while her husband remains faithful.
I like the climax of the plot, Job’s wife seems to be a rather intricate and evolved character, whose role is to introduce the themes of love, death, and salvation into the plot. In my opinion, the story summarizes the issue of searching for the purpose of pain and the triumph of love and redemption, especially in tragic circumstances so astonishingly highlighting key problems of human life.
What I can say after finishing this book is that I had the respect for this book. I skimmed through it because of the good choice of words and the neat laying out of words. I am genuinely having a hard time trying to figure out any situation under which this book would not be given five stars.
In conclusion, The Legacy of Job’s Wife is a thoroughly engaging novel with powerful emotion at its center; it provides a new perspective to an old text, thereby focusing on the true protagonist, a woman whose tragic existence is overshadowed by the man she married.
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The Legacy of Job's Wife
View: on Bookshelves | on Amazon
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