Job: An Introduction and Study Guide

Where Shall Wisdom Be Found?

By:

Katharine J. Dell

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Paperback / softback

Series:

T&T Clark's Study Guides to the Old Testament

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In the light of dramatic new interpretative approaches to the Bible this guide to Job follows not only a range of new approaches to the text but also addresses the traditional historical questions and other topical issues. Dell particularly highlights the problem of genre in understanding Job. She shows how problematic the term ‘wisdom’ is for this unique book, and argues that its radical sentiments earn it, rather, the title of ‘parody’. Of all the biblical books it comes closest to tragedy, raising profound questions about its nature and place in the biblical canon. Job’s relationship to its ancient Near Eastern counterparts, notably in ancient Mesopotamia, are also closely examined and key theological themes that characterize the book are explored. Finally different approaches - feminist, liberationist, ecological and psychological - are outlined so as to illuminate and inform our own personal readings and generate ever fresh understandings of this enigmatic text.

Author Biography:

Katharine Dell is Reader in Old Testament Literature and Theology at the Faculty of Divinity, Cambridge University, UK and Fellow of St. Catharine's College, Oxford, UK.

Release date Australia

January 12th, 2017

Author

Katharine J. Dell

Audience

Tertiary Education (US: College)

Pages

128

Series

T&T Clark's Study Guides to the Old Testament

Dimensions

156x234x10

ISBN-13

9780567670939

Product ID

25583553

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