The Trial of God av Elie Wiesel

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<b><i>The Trial of God (as it was held on February 25, 1649, in Shamgorod)<br></i>A Play by Elie Wiesel<br>Translated by Marion Wiesel<br>Introduction by Robert McAfee Brown<br>Afterword by Matthew Fox<br></b> <br><i>Where is God when innocent human beings suffer? This drama lays bare the most vexing questions confronting the moral imagination.<br></i> <br>Set 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.<br> <br>The idea for this play