The Book of Job

by Habel, Norman C.

• ISBN13: 9780664222185
• ISBN10: 0664222188
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1985-12-01
• Publisher: Westminster John Knox Pr

Summary

In this volume, Norman Habel takes on the humbling task of writing a commentary on such a classic work as the book of Job--a text that is complex and unclear at many points.The Old Testament Library provides fresh and authoritative treatments of important aspects of Old Testament study through commentaries and general surveys. The contributors are scholars of international standing.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. 9
Abbreviations	p. 11
Selected Bibliography	p. 13
Introduction	p. 21
Scope and Format	p. 21
The Narrative Plot	p. 25
Integrity, Setting, and Date	p. 35
Literary Features and Their Significance	p. 42
Form and Focus	p. 42
Structure and Parallelism	p. 46
Repetition, Allusion, and Irony	p. 49
The Legal Metaphor	p. 54
Imagery and Analogy	p. 57
Message and Meaning	p. 60
Appendix: The Narrative Plot: An Outline	p. 70
Commentary
The Affliction of Job	p. 75
Job's Cries Against His Origin	p. 98
The Counsel of Eliphaz the Friend	p. 112
Job's Expose of False Friends	p. 137
Job's Complaint Against God the Watcher	p. 151
Bildad's Ancient Parable of the Two Plants	p. 167
Job on the Futility of Litigation	p. 178
Zophar on God's Inscrutable Wisdom	p. 201
Job on Knowledge and Wisdom	p. 211
Job's Pretrial Declaration	p. 223
Job's Unorthodox Hope	p. 233
Eliphaz on Knowledge and Retribution	p. 245
Job's Complaint Against Friend and Foe	p. 262
Bildad on the World of the Wicked	p. 279
Job's Hope of a Redeemer	p. 289
Zophar on the Fate of the Wicked	p. 309
Job's Disputation on the Wicked	p. 320
Eliphaz' Indictments of Job	p. 331
Job's Quest to Face God	p. 344
On Delayed Retribution	p. 351
[Bildad] on God's Cosmic Design	p. 364
Job's Oath of Integrity	p. 375
[Zophar] on the Destiny of the Wicked	p. 383
Poem on the Quest for Wisdom	p. 388
Job's Speech of Remembrance	p. 402
Job's Final Complaint	p. 413
Job's Oath of Purity	p. 423
The Person and Apology of Elihu	p. 440
Elihu's Case Against Job	p. 455
Elihu's Defense of El's Justice	p. 472
Elihu's Defense of El's Detachment	p. 486
Elihu's Second Defense of El's Justice	p. 494
Yahweh's Defense of His Cosmic Design	p. 517
[41:34 Eng.] Yahweh's Control of Behemoth and Leviathan	p. 550
The Restoration of Job	p. 575
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