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We find ourselves put to the test : a reading of the Book of Job
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ISBN: 0773554378 9780773554375 9780773554382 0773554386 9780773553156 0773553150 Year: 2018 Publisher: Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press,

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Does the world we inhabit offer us hospitality or indifference? This question is central to the spiritual literature of all cultures. In We Find Ourselves Put to the Test James Crooks returns to the Bible’s book of Job to explore the enduring relevance of that question and its philosophical dimensions. Beginning with the puzzle of Job’s famous stoicism and nihilism in the face of loss, Crooks explores the contradictions of suffering as dramatized in the dialogue between Job and his friends. How is it that the friends’ attempt to comfort Job with a rational explanation of his misfortune devolves seamlessly into victim blaming? How is it that Job’s own renunciation of life at the nadir of his pain converts into an intellectual patience that outlasts the advocates of rational explanation? We Find Ourselves Put to the Test gives a portrait of the suffering protagonist looking into the heart of a creation that is, by necessity, both indifferent and hospitable. A philosophical exploration of one of the most enigmatic books in the Bible, We Find Ourselves Put to the Test goes beyond critical interpretation and suggests a way of reading the book of Job that is animated by a consideration of the reader’s narratives and communities, and the limits of his or her own understanding.


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Vies de Job : roman
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ISBN: 9782070125395 2070125394 Year: 2011

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A companion to Job in the Middle Ages
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ISBN: 9789004324435 9789004329645 9004324437 9004329641 9004329641 Year: 2017 Publisher: Leiden Koninklijke Brill NV

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The biblical book of Job is a timeless text that relates a story of intense human suffering, abandonment, and eventual redemption. It is a tale of profound theological, philosophical, and existential significance that has captured the imaginations of auditors, exegetes, artists, religious leaders, poets, preachers, and teachers throughout the centuries. This original volume provides an introduction to the wide range of interpretations and representations of Job—both the scriptural book and its righteous protagonist—produced in the medieval Christian West. The essays gathered here treat not only exegetical and theological works such as Gregory’s Moralia and the literal commentaries of Thomas Aquinas and Nicholas of Lyra, but also poetry and works of art that have Job as their subject.


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The labor of Job : the biblical text as a parable of human labor.
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ISBN: 9780822346227 9780822346340 Year: 2009 Publisher: Durham Duke University Press

The legend of Job in the Middle Ages.
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ISBN: 0674523857 Year: 1979 Publisher: Cambridge Harvard university


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Hiobs-Erinnerungen zwischen Donau und Adria : Kulträume, Patronate, Sondermotive der Volksüberlieferungen um Job und sein biblisches und apokryphes Schicksal in den Südost-Alpenländern
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ISBN: 3769615433 9783769615432 Year: 1987 Volume: 1987/1

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