Job the silent
Subtitle: a study in historical counterpoint
By: Bruce Zuckerman.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1991
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 294
Subjects: Bible. O.T. Job -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.; Job (Biblical figure)
Description: 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".
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-282) and indexes.