The book of Job
By: John Gray ; edited by David J.A. Clines
Contributors: Clines, David J. A.
Series: The text of the Hebrew Bible -- 1; Text of the Hebrew Bible -- 1.
Publisher: Sheffield Phoenix
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Sheffield
Language: eng
Number of pages: 518
ISBN-13: 9781905048021
Subjects: Analys och tolkning; Bible; (Buch; Criticism, interpretation; Ijob (Buch); Ijob; Bibeln; Commentaries
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Part I: General introduction; title: Introduction; title: Job in the context of Near Eastern wisdom literature; title: Job in Hebrew wisdom; title: Date and provenance; title: Literary forms in the Book of Job; title: The composition of the Book of Job; title: Text and versions; title: The language of the Book of Job; title: The argument; title: Part II: Commentary; title: The prologue; title: Job's expostulation; title: Eliphaz's firs address; title: Job's first rejoinder to Eliphaz and his expostulation with God; title: Bildad's first expostulation; title: Job's second rejoinder; title: Zophar's first address; title: Job's statement; title: Eliphaz's second reply: A remonstration to Job's obstinacy in questioning the theodicy; title: Job's rejoinder to Eliphaz; title: The reply of Bildad; title: Job's rejoinder to Bildad; title: The reply of Zophar; title: Job's rejoinder to Zophar; title: Eliphaz's statement; title: Job's response to Eliphaz: His ardent desire for confrontation with God; title: Job's response to Eliphaz with two citations from wisdom poetry; title: The introduction of Bildad's third address; title: Job's final response to his friends; title: An independent poem on the transcendence of wisdom; title: Job's review of his former prosperity; title: Job's plant; title: Job's great oath of purgation; title: Interpolation; title: Elihu's first address after the prose introduction; title: Elihu's first statement; title: Elihu's second statement; title: Elihu's third address; title: Elihu's citation of a hymn of praise; title: Conclusion of the Elihu section: address to Job; title: Introduction to Job 38-41; title: The divine declaration; title: Job's submission; title: Wisdom poems on natural themes; title: The epilogue.