Job the Silent - A Study in Historical Counterpoint

Zusatztext '[A] scintillating study...a magnificent counterpoint to the traditional interpretation of the book of Job' 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 This remarkable work offers a brilliantly original reading of the book of Job, one of the great classics of biblical literature, and in the process develops a new formula for understanding how biblical texts evolve in the process of transmission.

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• Authors: Bruce Zuckerman, Bruce (Professor of Religion Zuckerman, Zuckerman Bruce
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.1997
• EAN: 9780195121278
• ISBN: 978-0-19-512127-8
• No. of pages: 304
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; 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