Product Description: This study contends that Elihu and his speeches are an original part of the text of the "Book of Job" and do play a significant interpretive, explanatory and theological role. This study addresses the following questions: Who is Elihu, are these chapters an integral part of the "Book', and why is he critical to our understanding of the argument of the "Book of Job"; 'Does Elihu advance the argument of the "Book" beyond the thinking of the three friends and of Job as a bridge to God?'; 'What special contribution does Elihu make to the principle of suffering or to understanding God during suffering?' and Does Elihu hold to a different attitude toward the doctrine of retribution than Job and the three friends? Many commentators state that Elihu makes no original contribution to the book, and is nothing more than a fourth critic of a suffering man...read more