David J A Clines

Joban Papers

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In this volume, David J.A. Clines-known for his magisterial three-volume commentary on Job in the Word Biblical Commentary series (1989-2011)-brings together a sequence of 27 of his papers on his favourite biblical book from a variety of publications. In two sections, the wide-ranging Syntheses and the more focused Probes on particular chapters, this collection is a necessary adjunct to his commentary. Among the titles in the Syntheses are: - On the Poetic Achievement of the Book of Job - Why Is There a Book of Job, and What Does It Do to You If You Read It? - Job's Fifth Friend: An Ethical Critique of the Book of Job - Deconstructing the Book of Job Among the Probes the reader will find: - False Naivety in the Prologue to Job - In Search of the Indian Job - Quarter Days Gone: Job 24 and the Absence of God - Those Golden Days: Job and the Perils of Nostalgia - Putting Elihu in his Place: A Proposal for the Relocation of Job 32-37 - One or Two Things You May Not Know about the Universe - The Worth of Animals in the Book of Job - Job's Crafty Conclusion, and Seven Interesting Things about the Epilogue to Job

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Sheffield Phoenix Press Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 456
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. April 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 29mm
• Gewicht: 845g
• ISBN-13: 9781914490057
• ISBN-10: 1914490053
• Artikelnr.: 67826345

Autorenporträt

David J.A. Clines (1938-2022) was Professor of Biblical Studies in the University of Sheffield, and a noted Old Testament scholar. He is the author of 'The Theme of the Pentateuch', 'Job 1-20', 'What Does Eve Do to Help? and Other Readerly Questions to the Old Testament', and 'Interested Parties: The Ideology of Writers and Readers of the Hebrew Bible', among others, as well as editor of 'The Dictionary of Classical Hebrew'.