The Book of Job and the immanent genesis of transcendence / Davis Hankins.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hankins, Davis, author.

Series:

Diaeresis

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Job--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Bible. Job.

Transcendence (Philosophy).

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

x, 316 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Evanston, Illinois : Northwestern University Press, 2015.

Summary:

Recent philosophical reexaminations of sacred texts have focused almost exclusively on the Christian New Testament, and Paul in particular. The Book of Job and the Immanent Genesis of Transcendence revives the enduring philosophical relevance and political urgency of the book of Job and thus contributes to the recent "turn toward religion" among philosophers such as Slavoj Zizek and Alain Badiou. Job is often understood to be a trite folktale about human limitation in the face of confounding and absolute transcendence; on the contrary, Hankins demonstrates that Job is a drama about the struggle to create a just and viable life in a material world that is ontologically incomplete and consequently open to radical, unpredictable transformation. Book jacket.

Contents:

Introduction. the Book of Job: a triumph for today

Job's critique of transcendent theology

Job 1-2 : a critique of pure fear

Ideology : the wisdom of Job's friends

Excursus. Wisdom ideology beyond Job 4-5

Resistance : on fear and anxiety

Transformation : on guilt and shame

Excursus. The final speeches

Ontology, aesthetics, and the divine speeches

Ethics and the ending

Appendix. Job 4-5 : text and translation.

Notes:

Revised version of the author's dissertation--Emory University, 2011.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-297) and index.

ISBN:

9780810130128

0810130122

9780810130180

0810130181

9780810168060

0810168065

OCLC:

879583860