Job the Silent: A Study in Historical Counterpoint - Rilegato

Zuckerman, Bruce

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ISBN 10: 0195058968 ISBN 13: 9780195058963

Casa editrice: OUP USA, 1991

Riassunto

This remarkable work offers a brilliantly original reading of the book of Job, one of the great classics of biblical literature, and in the process develops a new formula for understanding how biblical texts evolve in the process of transmission.
Zuckerman presents the thesis that the book of Job was intended as a parody the stereotypical righteous sufferer. In his most extended analogy, Zuckerman compares the book of Job and its fate to that of a famous Yiddish short story, `Bontshe Shvayg', another covert parody whose protagonist has come to be revered as a paradigm of innocent Jewish suffering. The history of this story is used to show how a literary text becomes separated from the intention of its author, and comes to have a quite different meaning for a specific community of readers.

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Recensione:

`This is a thought-provoking treatment, offering insights on the book of Job (and other texts referred to) which escape more orthodox readings.' Richard Coggins, Expository Times.

'This book is a tour de force, an impressive achievement and a good read.' D.J.A. Clines, Literary Criticism and Introduction

'This is one of the most fascinating and perceptive studies of the Book of Job that I have read.'C.S. Rodd, Journal of Theological Studies, Vol. 44, No. 2, October 1993

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• Editore: OUP USA
• Data di pubblicazione: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0195058968
• ISBN 13: 9780195058963
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 304