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The book of Job in medieval Jewish philosophy / Robert Eisen.
Library at the Katz Center - Stacks BS1415.52 .E37 2004
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Eisen, Robert, 1960-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bible. Job--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Jewish--History--To 1500.
- Bible.
- Bible. Job.
- Providence and government of God--Judaism--History of doctrines--Middle Ages, 600-1500.
- Providence and government of God.
- Jewish philosophy.
- Philosophy, Medieval.
- Providence and government of God--Judaism--History of doctrines.
- Providence and government of God--Judaism.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 324 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.
- Summary:
- This book analyzes the history of the interpretation of the book of Job by medieval Jewish exegetes. The scholarship on medieval Jewish thought has focused largely on the systematic philosophical aspects of this literature. Eisen, however, is concerned with exegesis qua exegesis. He offers a close examination of commentaries on Job written by six major thinkers and looks at the relationship between the commentaries and their antecedent sources as well as their relationship to the broader context of medieval Jewish thought. He also provides an overview of the questions the commentators confronted about the historicity, national origin, and "Jewishness" of the text.
- Contents:
- Saadiah Gaon
- Maimonides
- Samuel ibn Tibbon
- Zerahiah Hen
- Gersonides
- Simon ben Zemah Duran
- Medieval Jewish philosophy and the Exegesis of Job
- Job medieval, Job modern.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [305]-317) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0195171535
- OCLC:
- 55671191
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