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

Zuckerman, Bruce

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0195121279 ISBN 13 : 9780195121278

Editeur : Oxford University Press, 1998

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.

A propos du livre

Revue de presse

'This is one of the most fascinating and perceptive studies of the book of Job that I have read.' (Journal of Theological Studies)

'[A] scintillating study...a magnificent counterpoint to the traditional interpretation of the book of Job' (Hebrew Studies)

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Oxford University Press
• Date d'édition: 1998
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0195121279
• ISBN 13: 9780195121278
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 312
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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