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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786454103321

Autore

Ticciati Susannah

Titolo

Job and the disruption of identity : reading beyond Barth / / Susannah Ticciati

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : T & T Clark International, , [2005]

©2005

ISBN

0-567-48103-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (215 p.)

Disciplina

223/.106

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 (pages [191]-196) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; Part I: The Problem of Obedience: Barth on Job; 1 Barth''s Job as both Right and Wrong; 2 Obedience as Self-Examination: Barth on the Story of the Rich Man; Part II: Does Job Fear God for Naught? A Rereading of Job; 3 The Prose Narrative: Transforming Piety; 4 The Poem; 4.1 The Dialogue: Testing Integrity; 4.2 The Whirlwind Speeches: Encountering Creation; Part III: God, Job and Justice; 5 Calling God to Account; 6 An Integrity Beyond the Law; Part IV: The Disruption and Transformation of the Self

7 The Problem of Obedience Revisited8 Epilogue: Self, Society and World; Bibliography; Index of Subjects; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; K; L; M; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z; Index of Biblical References

Sommario/riassunto

Table of Contents: Introduction  Part I: The Problem of Obedience: Barth on Job 1. Barth''s Job as Both Right and Wrong  2. Obedience as Self-Examination: Barth on the Story of the Rich Man  Part II: Does Job Fear God for Naught? A Rereading of Job 3. The Prose Narrative: Transforming Piety 4. The Poem 4.1. The Dialogue: Testing Integrity 4.2. The Whirlwind Speeches: Encountering Creation  Part III: God, Job and Justice 5. Calling God to Account 6. An Integrity Beyond the Law  Part IV: The Disruption and Transformation of the Self 7. The Problem of Obedience Revisited 8. Epilogue: Self, Societ