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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778325203321

Autore

Jones Scott C

Titolo

Rumors of wisdom [[electronic resource] ] : Job 28 as poetry / / Scott C. Jones

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin ; ; New York, : Walter de Gruyter, c2009

ISBN

1-282-29597-7

9786612295973

3-11-021478-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (313 p.)

Collana

Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft, , 0934-2575 ; ; Bd. 398

Classificazione

BC 6730

Disciplina

223/.1066

Soggetti

Hebrew poetry, Biblical - History and criticism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Sigla and Abbreviations -- Chapter One: Job 28 as Poetry -- Chapter Two: Translation and Vocalized Text -- Chapter Three: A Reading of Job 28 -- Chapter Four: A Philological and Textual Study of Job 28 -- Chapter Five: The "Structured Commentary" in Job 28:15-19 -- Chapter Six: Conclusions -- Backmatter

Sommario/riassunto

Efforts at interpreting Joban poetry have often been divided between philological and literary critics. This study brings these two critical modes together to offer an account of how Job 28 achieves meaning. The heart of the study consists of two major sections. The first is a reading of the poem with special attention to the conceptual background of its metaphors. Rather than a poetic account of mining technology, Job 28 is properly understood against the heroic deeds of ancient Mesopotamian kings described in Sumerian and Akkadian royal narratives, especially the Gilgamesh epic. The second major section is a thorough philological and textual commentary in which comparative philological and text-critical methods are complemented by an aesthetic rationale for restoring the text of the poem as a work of art. The study reveals a multileveled and image-driven masterpiece whose complexity impacts how one reads Job 28 as poetry and theology.