Job the Silent - A Study in Historical Counterpoint

Zusatztext 'This is one of the most fascinating and perceptive studies of the Book of Job that I have read.'C.S. Rodd! Journal of Theological Studies! Vol. 44! No. 2! October 1993 Klappentext One of the great literary classics of biblical literature, the book of Job is best know as a story which exemplifies the virtue of patience in the face of suffering. Indeed, the patience of Job is so well celebrated as to be a cliche. But here one encounters a problem; for throughout the greater art of the book that bears his name, Job is clearly one of the most impatient characters in the Bible. Zusammenfassung Originally published in 1991, a study of the book of Job and the understanding of how biblical texts evolve in the process of transmission. Zuckerman presents a thesis that the book of Job was intended as a parody and compares it to the Yiddish story "Bontshe Shvayg".

Product details

• Authors: Bruce Zuckerman, Bruce (Professor of Religion Zuckerman, Zuckerman Bruce
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.05.1991
• EAN: 9780195058963
• ISBN: 978-0-19-505896-3
• No. of pages: 304
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Religious writings, prayers, songbooks, religious meditations; LITERARY CRITICISM / Semiotics & Theory, RELIGION / Christianity / General, RELIGION / Biblical Meditations / General, RELIGION / Reference, Christianity, Bible readings, selections & meditations, Literary theory, Bible readings, selections and meditations, Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts, Biblical Studies & Exegesis