Contested creations in the Book of Job : the-world-as-it-ought-and-ought-not-to-be /

Contested creations in the Book of Job : the-world-as-it-ought-and-ought-not-to-be /

In Contested Creations in the Book of Job: the-world-as-it-ought- and -ought-not-to-be Abigail Pelham reads the Book of Job both 'forwards'-examining the perspectives on creation presented by Job and his friends and corrected by God's authoritative voice from the whirlwind-and 'b...

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Main Author: Pelham, Abigail.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2012.

Series: Biblical Interpretation Series 113.
Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity E-Books Online, Collection 2012, ISBN: 9789004223226.

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Bible. > O.T. > Job > Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Creation > Biblical teaching.

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Call Number: BS1199.C73 P45 2012

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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • Prologue: The Author, the Reader, and the Professional Not-Knower
  • 1. Creation in the Book of Job: Reading Backwards and Forwards for Questions and Possibilities
  • 2. Relationships Between Persons in the World-as-It-Ought-and-Ought-Not-to-Be: Centrality and Dispersion, Connectedness and Loneliness
  • 3. Time in the World-as-It-Ought-and-Ought-Not-to-Be: Stasis, Change, and Death
  • 4. Inside and Outside: The Configuration of Space in the World-as-It-Ought-and-Ought-Not-to-Be
  • 5. The Explosive Finale: Reading Backwards from the Epilogue
  • Epilogue: Negotiating and Renegotiating the World
  • Bibliography
  • Index of Names
  • Index of Subjects
  • Index of Scriptures.