[image error]“While we may locate a failure to read and appreciate the book of Job in some kind of underlying unbelief or even some form of scholarly laziness, a great deal of the problem lies in reading the Bible as a whole. For example, the themes of justice, suffering, and mercy are wound through nearly every page of Scripture. Reading all of Scripture as a united and ultimately coherent symphony of movements and alternating modes depends ultimately on a respect of the Scriptural tradition which in turn is grounded in a robust doctrine of inspiration.”