The book of Job
By: translated, and with an introduction by Stephen Mitchell.
Contributors: Mitchell, Stephen, 1943-
Edition: 1st HarperPerennial ed.
Publisher: HarperPerennial
Published: 1992
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 129
Description: The theme of The Book of Job is nothing less than human suffering and the transcendence of it: it pulses with moral energy, outrage, and spiritual insight. Now, The Book of Job has been rendered into English by the eminent translator and scholar Stephen Mitchell, whose versions of Rilke, Israeli poetry, and the Tao Te Ching have been widely praised. This is the first time ever that the Hebrew verse of Job has been translated into verse in any language, ancient or modern, and the result is a triumph.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [99]).
Originally published: Into the whirlwind. Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday, 1979.