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The book of God and man : a study of Job / by Robert Gordis.

By: Publication details: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1965.Description: xii, 389 p. ; 24 cmSubject(s): DDC classification:
  • 223.106 23
LOC classification:
  • BS1415.2 .G6 1965
Contents:
PART 1. A study of Job. On reading Job -- The enigma of Job -- The cultural background: the law and the prophets -- Wisdom and Job -- Job and Near Eastern literature -- The tale of Job -- Job and his friends: the first two rounds -- The end of the debate: the third cycle -- Elihu the intruder -- The Lord out of the whirlwind -- Job and the mystery of suffering -- The language and syle of Job -- The use of quotations in Job -- The rhetoric of allusion and analogy -- The author: his provenance and date -- The later fortunes of Job: in the canon, the versions, and legend -- PART 2. The book of Job -- PART 3. References.
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Book The Emmaus Library Open Shelves 221 Old Testament 223.106 GOR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 18078

Includes translation of the book of Job by the author.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 367-376) and index.

PART 1. A study of Job. On reading Job -- The enigma of Job -- The cultural background: the law and the prophets -- Wisdom and Job -- Job and Near Eastern literature -- The tale of Job -- Job and his friends: the first two rounds -- The end of the debate: the third cycle -- Elihu the intruder -- The Lord out of the whirlwind -- Job and the mystery of suffering -- The language and syle of Job -- The use of quotations in Job -- The rhetoric of allusion and analogy -- The author: his provenance and date -- The later fortunes of Job: in the canon, the versions, and legend -- PART 2. The book of Job -- PART 3. References.

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