
Joban Papers
David J. A. Clines(Author)
Sheffield Phoenix Press Ltd
Published on 20. April 2023
Book
Hardback
456 pages
978-1-914490-05-7 (ISBN)
Description
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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Series
Language
English
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 29 mm
Weight
845 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-914490-05-7 (9781914490057)
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Person
David J.A. Clines was Professor of Biblical Studies at the University of Sheffield.