{"product_id":"the-trial-of-god-as-it-was-held-on-february-25-1649-in-shamgorod","title":"The Trial of God: (as it was held on February 25, 1649, in Shamgorod)","description":"The Trial of God (as it was held on February 25, 1649, in Shamgorod)\nA Play by Elie Wiesel\nTranslated by Marion Wiesel\nIntroduction by Robert McAfee Brown\nAfterword by Matthew Fox\n\nWhere is God when innocent human beings suffer? This drama lays bare the most vexing questions confronting the moral imagination.\n\nSet in a Ukranian village in the year 1649, this haunting play takes place in the aftermath of a pogrom. Only two Jews, Berish the innkeeper and his daughter Hannah, have survived the brutal Cossack raids. When three itinerant actors arrive in town to perform a Purim play, Berish demands that they stage a mock trial of God instead, indicting Him for His silence in the face of evil. Berish, a latter-day Job, is ready to take on the role of prosecutor. But who will defend God? A mysterious stranger named Sam, who seems oddly familiar to everyone present, shows up just in time to volunteer.\n\nThe idea for this play came from an event that Elie Wiesel witnessed as a boy in Auschwitz: “Three rabbis—all erudite and pious men—decided one evening to indict God for allowing His children to be massacred. I remember: I was there, and I felt like crying. But there nobody cried.”\n\nInspired and challenged by this play, Christian theologians Robert McAfee Brown and Matthew Fox, in a new Introduction and Afterword, join Elie Wiesel in the search for faith in a world where God is silent.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0805210539\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.0805210539.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Elie Wiesel\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Gently used with minimal wear on the corners and cover. A few pages may contain light highlighting or writing, but the text remains fully legible. Dust jacket may be missing, and supplemental materials like CDs or codes may not be included. May be ex-library with library markings. Ships promptly!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41702100041786,"sku":"DBV.0805210539.G","price":8.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/0805210539-0.jpg?v=1790306775","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/the-trial-of-god-as-it-was-held-on-february-25-1649-in-shamgorod","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}