Job the Silent: A Study in Historical Counterpoint - Couverture rigide

Zuckerman, Bruce

 
9780195058963: Job the Silent: A Study in Historical Counterpoint
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 0195058968 ISBN 13 : 9780195058963
Editeur : Oxford University Press Inc, 1991

Synopsis

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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Présentation de l'éditeur

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.

Revue de presse

`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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Éditeur
Oxford University Press Inc
Date d'édition
1991
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0195058968
ISBN 13 
9780195058963
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
304
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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9780195121278: Job the Silent: A Study in Historical Counterpoint

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0195121279 ISBN 13 :  9780195121278
Editeur : Oxford University Press, 1998
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