02761nam 2200565Ia 450 991082722930332120230421044237.01-281-81377-X97866118137720-567-16773-9(CKB)1000000000551957(EBL)436569(OCoLC)287028676(SSID)ssj0000113127(PQKBManifestationID)11138827(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000113127(PQKBWorkID)10099806(PQKB)11755471(MiAaPQ)EBC436569(Au-PeEL)EBL436569(CaPaEBR)ebr10256245(CaONFJC)MIL181377(OCoLC)893334272(EXLCZ)99100000000055195719950711d1996 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrA blemished perfection[electronic resource] the Book of Job in context /Yair HoffmanSheffield, England Sheffield Academic Pressc19961 online resource (361 p.)Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ;213Translated by Jonathan Chipman.1-4411-6877-X 1-85075-583-3 Includes bibliographical references and indexes.Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 THEORETICAL CONSIDERATIONS; Chapter 2 GENRE DISTINCTIONS; Chapter 3 POETIC CONVENTIONS: THE BOOK OF JOB, THE BIBLE, AND THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST; Chapter 4 JOB AND CATALOGUE LITERATURE; Chapter 5 HARMONIZING MIMETIC DEVICES; Chapter 6 ON THE DIFFICULT LANGUAGE OF THE BOOK OF JOB; Chapter 7 ON GOD'S JUSTICE IN THE BOOK OF JOB; Chapter 8 STRUCTURE AND MIMESIS; Chapter 9 CONCLUSION; Appendixes; Bibliography; Index of References; Index of AuthorsThe main methodological thesis of this study is that the book of Job, more than any other book in the Bible, should be treated as an artistic work in which form and content cannot be separated. Hence, a good acquaintance with the literary aspects of the book, including its relations with other ancient Near Eastern texts, is a precondition to the understanding of its theology. The deep structure of the book is that of a catalogue-which is a key to understanding its approach to the problem of theodicy. The difficult language of Job is scrutinized, and is proved to be an original and immanent chaThe Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies223.106Hoffman Yair1596484MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910827229303321A blemished perfection3917854UNINA