| The Book of Job: A Contest of Moral Imaginations Contributor(s): Newsom, Carol A. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0195150155 ISBN-13: 9780195150155 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $153.45 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2003 Annotation: Carol Newsom illuminates the relation between the aesthetic forms of Job and the claims made by its various characters. Her innovative approach makes possible a new understanding of the unity of the book that rejects its dismantling in historical criticism and the flattening of the text that characterizes many final form readings. Additionally, she rehabilitates the moral perspectives represented by certain voices of the book that modern critics have treated with disdain. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christianity - General - Religion | Christian Theology - Anthropology - Religion | Biblical Studies - Old Testament - General |
| Dewey: 233.106 |
| LCCN: 2002071528 |
| Physical Information: 0.99" H x 6.46" W x 9.62" (1.33 lbs) 320 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Carol Newsom illuminates the relation between the aesthetic forms of Job and the claims made by its various characters. Her innovative approach makes possible a new understanding of the unity of the book that rejects its dismantling in historical criticism and the flattening of the text that characterizes many final form readings. Additionally, she rehabilitates the moral perspectives represented by certain voices of the book that modern critics have treated with disdain. |