DescriptionThe books in this series help preachers and students of preaching understand biblical texts in light of current scholarship. Each volume gives exegetical help, suggestions on how to preach important biblical texts, and sample sermons.
To be a Joban preacher, Holbert says, is to draw on the pain and honesty inherent in the text. Assuming the preacher's task to be interpreting the whole of the book of Job, not just the narrative and the poetry, this integrative approach allows the book's entire theology to inform sermons.