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Job the Silent: A Study in Historical Counterpoint Book

This study of the Book of Job argues that it was intended as a parody of the stereotypical righteous sufferer portrayed as patient and silent. This example is used to demonstrate how texts become separated from the intentions of their authors and can evolve quite different meanings for readers.Read More

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    One of the great literary classics of biblical literature, the book of Job is best know as a story which exemplifies the virtue of patience in the face of suffering. Indeed, the patience of Job is so well celebrated as to be a cliche. But here one encounters a problem; for throughout the greater art of the book that bears his name, Job is clearly one of the most impatient characters in the Bible.

  • 0195121279
  • 9780195121278
  • Bruce Zuckerman
  • 22 October 1998
  • OUP USA
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 304
  • New Ed
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