This book is the product of fifty years of scholarship. It consists of two main parts: the first is an essay on the history of interpreting the book of Job in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. The second part is a commentary on the book.
Before his retirement from full-time teaching in 2016, Stephen J. Vicchio taught at the University of Maryland, Johns Hopkins, St. Mary's Seminary and University, in Baltimore. He is the author of over two over 30 books, including other works on the Bible, philosophy, history, essays, stories, dramas, and books about American presidents: Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, and Ronald Reagan.