Job Unveiled and Reimagined
Essays on Current Issues, New Paradigms, and Future Horizons
Edited by JiSeong James Kwon Edited by Tobias Häner Edited by Janina M. Hiebel
Paperback (Published)
(March 2026)
ISBN: 9783161636820
6.1 x 9.13 inches
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~ENG~Leading scholars from five continents rethink the book of Job in this incisive collection. Rather than discarding the traditional “”wisdom literature”” label, they probe deeper – exploring Job’s distinctive theology, rich intertexts, and intricate artistry – to chart new directions for Joban scholarship.
English summary: This edited volume brings together cutting-edge essays on the book of Job, one of the Bible’s most enigmatic works. Moving beyond its routine placement in wisdom literature, the contributors probe Job’s distinctive theology, intertextual networks, and literary intricacy. Drawing on a range of disciplines, leading scholars from the Americas, Africa, Asia, and Europe offer fresh readings that unsettle received views and open new lines of inquiry. Honouring the legacy of David J. A. Clines, the collection maps future paths for Joban studies. German description: Dieser Sammelband sucht das Buch Hiob, einen der ratselhaftesten Texte der Bibel, auf neue Weise zu erschliessen. Uber die gangige Einordnung des Buches Hiob in die Weisheitsliteratur hinaus untersuchen die Autorinnen und Autoren seine eigenstandige Theologie, intertextuellen Bezuge und literarische Komplexitat. Auf Grundlage verschiedener Disziplinen prasentieren fuhrende Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler aus Nord- und Sudamerika, Afrika, Asien und Europa neue Deutungen, die etablierte Sichtweisen infrage stellen und neue Forschungsperspektiven eroffnen. In Wurdigung des Vermachtnisses von David J. A. Clines skizziert der Band kunftige Wege der Hiob-Forschung.
Introduction
Part I: Methodology and Ancient Versions in the Study of the Book of Job
Urmas Nõmmik: Hebrew Job through the Lens of Diachronic Poetics - Stephan Lauber: "How Long Will You Break Me In Pieces With Words?" (Job 19:2) - Mark Sneed: Book of Job: Odd One Out or In? - Juliane Eckstein: Text-Critical Research on Job - Maximilian Häberlein: Old Greek Job as Ancient Jewish Literature: Literary and Theological Perspectives
Part II: Intertextuality in the Book of Job
Walter Bührer: Job in Dialogue - Yasir Saleem: Intertextual Explorations in Job and the Pentateuch - JiSeong J. Kwon: Intertextual Links between Job and Samuel - James E. Harding: Why Must Job Be from the Land of Uz? - Katharine J. Dell / Ellie M. Wiener: "By the Hearing of the Ear" (Job 42:5)
Part III: Texts of the Book of Job
Françoise Mies: What is Job's First and Most Personal Question? - Jakob Böckle: Job's Ambivalent Perception of Death (and the Hope of an Afterward) - Tova Forti: The Enigma of the Qen "Nest" in Job 29:18 - Stefan Fischer: The Contribution of Elihu's Theology to the Book of Job with a Special Focus on His Pedagogy of Suffering (Job 33:14-30) - Lisa Plantin: God Hears the Cry of the Young Wild Animals - Hanneke van Loon: "See Now Behemoth!" - Tobias Häner: The Beauty of Behemoth and Leviathan
Marlen Bunzel / Kathrin Ritzka: "Therefore I Quit, and I Am Consoled Over Dust and Ashes" (Job 42:6) - Walter Bührer: Job's Response to God in Its Theological and Redaction-Historical Contexts - Stuart Weeks: Job, God, and Self-Respect
Part IV: The Reception and New Readings of the Book of Job
Jason Kalman: To Gladden the Heart of a Widow - Lance R. Hawley: "Like a geber" - Silvia Schroer: Homo Faber in Distress
- Edited by JiSeong James Kwon
- Edited by Tobias Häner
- Edited by Janina M. Hiebel
Other Titles in this Series
Scribal Culture and Intertextuality
Literary and Historical Relationships between Job and Deutero-Isaiah
Stammevolk – Staatsvolk – Gottesvolk?
Studien zur Verwendung des Israel-Namens im Alten Testament
Volume 68
Identitat und Bedeutung der Gruppen im masoretischen Estherbuch
Einfuhrung in eine gruppenorientierte Hermeneutik
Volume 158
On Dating Biblical Texts to the Persian Period
Discerning Criteria and Establishing Epochs
Volume 101
The Vision in Job 4 and Its Role in the Book
Reframing the Development of the Joban Dialogues. Studies of the Sofja Kovalevskaja Research Group on Early Jewish Monotheism. Vol. IV
Volume 75
Prophetic Polyphony
Allusion Criticism of Isa 41,8-16.17-20; 43,1-7; 44,1-5 in a Dialogical Approach
Volume 113
The Formation of the ‘Book’ of Psalms
Reconsidering the Transmission and Canonization of Psalmody in Light of Material Culture and the Poetics of Anthologies
Volume 88
Yahwistic Diversity and the Hebrew Bible
Tracing Perspectives of Group Identity from Judah, Samaria, and the Diaspora in Biblical Traditions
Medien im antiken Palastina
Materielle Kommunikation und Medialitat als Thema der Palastinaarchaologie
Volume 10
Reforging History in the Persian Era Editing of the Twelve
The Significance of the Motifs of the Divine Warrior, Chaoskampf, and Theophany for Shaping the Book of the Twelve
Volume 159
Images of Exile in the Prophetic Literature
Copenhagen Conference Proceedings 7-10 May 2017
Volume 103
La Famille de Saul dans le conflit Saul versus David
tude de la construction narrative des personnages de Jonathan, Mrav et Mikal
Volume 78
Storymaking, Textual Development, and Varying Cultic Centralizations
Gathering and Fitting Unhewn Stones
Volume 142
Intertextualitat und die Entstehung des Psalters
Methodische Reflexionen - Theologiegeschichtliche Perspektiven
Volume 114
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