The book of Job : aesthetics, ethics, hermeneutics /

The Book of Job has held a central role in defining the project of modernity from the age of Enlightenment until today. Why has Job's response to disaster become a touchstone for modern reflections on catastrophic events? This volume engages this question and offers new perspectives on the trag...

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Соавтор: JSTOR books
Другие авторы: Batnitzky, Leora, 1956- (Редактор), Pardes, Ilana, 1966- (Редактор)
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Язык:English
Опубликовано: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2015]
Серии:Perspectives on Jewish Texts and Contexts.
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Итог:The Book of Job has held a central role in defining the project of modernity from the age of Enlightenment until today. Why has Job's response to disaster become a touchstone for modern reflections on catastrophic events? This volume engages this question and offers new perspectives on the tragic bent of the Book of Job, on its dramatic irony, on Job's position as mourner, and the unique representation of the Joban body in pain.
Объем:1 online resource.
Библиография:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9783110338799
3110338793
9783110393989
3110393980