Job

I really appreciated this commentary – certainly as an example of a commentary that can be read devotionally, as is my habit. It doesn’t quite reach the heights of Firth’s Joshua in the same series, and there are a couple of reasons for this. Firstly, I felt that occasionally Webb was a little wordier than needed, and that occasionally the format was a little off. Secondly, for a commentary on Job published in 2023, it appeared from the author’s preface that it was finished in 2019 – the four year delay might explain some omissions from the bibliography, but by no means all. Whilst this might seem niggly, for the more academically oriented pastor, this will be worth noting, and one wonders if the commentary could have come out a little sooner! To be fair, both of these criticism might be better directed at the publisher than the author – so I will bear the latter in mind in future EBTC reviews. Overall, though, this is a helpful, and very devotionally warm commentary on Job, which largely succeeds in the series’ aims in terms of biblical theology and evangelical spirituality. Whilst it isn’t perfect, I appreciated it and was edified by it. And this line has stuck with me: “Within the storm there will always be a golden glow” (p. 409). [Full Review]