Job 1 - 21: Interpretation and CommentaryThe Hebrew book of Job is by all accounts an exquisite piece of literary art that holds its rightful place among the most outstanding compositions in world literature. Yet it is also widely recognized as an immensely difficult text to understand. In elucidating that ancient text, this inaugural Illuminations commentary by C. L. Seow pays close attention to the reception history of Job, including Jewish, Muslim, Christian, and Western secular interpretations as expressed in theological, philosophical, and literary writings and in the visual and performing arts. Seow offers a primarily literary-theological interpretation of Job, a new translation, and detailed commentary. Watch the series trailer: |
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Contents
Liturgy | 196 |
COMMENTARY | 249 |
The Second Test 211 3 | 290 |
Perish the Day 3126 | 312 |
All Humans Fall Short 4121 | 380 |
Proper Response to Suffering 5127 | 412 |
Unpalatable StuiT 6130 | 451 |
The Human Condition 712 1 | 488 |
Effecting Right To His Face 13128 | 639 |
The Fragility and Resilience of Hope 14122 | 668 |
The Fate of the Wicked 1 513 5 | 695 |
0 Earth Do Not Cover My Blood 16122 | 729 |
My Spirit Is Destroyed 1 7 1 1 6 | 752 |
The Place of the Wicked 18121 | 769 |
I Know My Redeemer Lives 19129 | 791 |
The Designated Lot of the Wicked 20129 | 833 |
A Parable of Two Plants 8122 | 514 |
An Impossible Scenario 913 5 | 539 |
Complaining with Abandon 10 1 22 | 575 |
Divine Transcendence and Human Hope 1 1120 | 596 |
Equal but Different 12125 | 618 |
Acts and Outcomes Are Unrelated 2 1134 | 864 |
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Scripture Index | 920 |
Ancient Sources Index | 965 |
Common terms and phrases
Adversary Akkadian allusion ancient Arabic Aramaic argued assume attested Bible Biblical Bildad Book ofJob century Christian Clines Commentary conservative orthography conservative spelling couplet darkness death Deir Alla deity Deut Dhorme difficult divine Driver-Gray Duhm earth echoes Elihu Eliphaz elsewhere emend Exod Ezek fact figure final find first flesh Fohrer friends God’s Gordis Greek hand hapax legomenon Hebrew text hence Hiob Holscher human Ibn Ezra idiom influence interpreters Jewish Job's Job’s Maimonides meaning metaphor MSKenn NJPS noun NRSV one’s parallel perhaps Pesh plural poem poet Prov Qumran Ramaq Rashi refers reflecting Hebrew reflects righteous root Saadiah scholars sense Sheol similarly simply speak specifically speech stanza suffering suffix suggests support MT Symm Targ Targum term thatJob Theod Theodicy theological tion TNIV tradition translation Ugaritic verb verse Vrss Vulg wicked wisdom wordplay words YHWH Zophar
Bibliographic information
| Title | Job 1 - 21: Interpretation and Commentary Illumination commentaries series Illuminations (Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.) Illuminations Series Volume 1 of Job 1-21: Interpretation and Commentary, Choon Leong Seow |
| Author | C. L. Seow |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, 2013 |
| ISBN | 0802848958, 9780802848956 |
| Length | 971 pages |
| Subjects | › › › Religion / Biblical Commentary / Old Testament / General Religion / Biblical Criticism & Interpretation / Old Testament Religion / Biblical Studies / Old Testament / Poetry & Wisdom Literature |
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