Joban Papers
Hardback (No longer our product)
(April 2023)
ISBN: 9781914490057
6.14 x 9.21 inches
Price: $100.00
PDF (Published)
(June 2023)
ISBN: 9781918358209
Price: $75.00
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
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