{"product_id":"god-picks-up-the-pieces","title":"God Picks Up the Pieces","description":"\u003cp\u003eCalvin G. Seerveld\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis book is a literary English translation of the Biblical book \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eEcclesiastes\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e as a chorus of different voices (like the book of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eJob\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e) contesting the meaning of things. A careful introduction delineates the various speakers--Qohelet, editor, apprentice rabbis, the Woman Wisdom (of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eProverbs\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e) voice--along with a sevenfold refrain, and reports on the various ways the whole piece has been performed in Canada, the USA and Spain. A very brief review of a few artworks by Goya, Rouault and Kollwitz hint at themes in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eEcclesiastes.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA thesis for the oral, performative nature of the Scriptures is articulated, along with a couple of pastoral expositions of the book.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"21Five Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51196054307040,"sku":"9780932914163","price":31.29,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0539\/0024\/7224\/files\/61duYJDQWwL._SY466.jpg?v=1774368184","url":"https:\/\/21five.ca\/products\/god-picks-up-the-pieces","provider":"21Five Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}