Job the silent : a study in historical counterpoint /

Job the silent : a study in historical counterpoint /

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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. Zuckerman presents the thesis that the book of Job wa...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Zuckerman, Bruce
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 1991.
Subjects:
Job > (Biblical figure)
Bible. > Job > Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bible. > Job.
RELIGION > Biblical Studies > Old Testament.
RELIGION > Biblical Studies > Wisdom Literature.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • 1. The Patience Problem
  • 2. The Akedah Model
  • 3. The Case Against a Linear Reading
  • 4. Super-Job
  • 5. Anti-Job
  • 6. Super-Reality
  • 7. The Sincerely Wrong Approach
  • 8. Barriers to Interpretation and the Bontsye Model
  • 9. The Art of Parody: The Dialogue/Appeal
  • 10. The Art of Parody: The Legal Metaphor
  • 11. The Art of Parody: The Death Theme
  • 12. Supplemental Themes
  • 13. Intervening Themes
  • 14. Conclusion: The Joban Fugue.

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