The book of Job in form : a literary translation with commentary / translated from the Hebrew, annotated and introduced by Jan P. Fokkelman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fokkelman, J. P.

Series:

Studia Semitica Neerlandica 58.

Studia Semitica Neerlandica, 0081-6914 ; v. 58

Standardized Title:

Hẹt boek Job in vorm. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Job--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (345 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden : Brill, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Book of Job in Form presents to the reader a platform for a personal and intensive encounter with a great work of art. Its bilingual centre offers the text in Hebrew and English, and shows the forty poems in their original form, in 412 strophes and 165 stanzas. The commentary points out how these proportions and the remarkable precision of the poet (who counted syllables on all text levels) affect the thematics of the book, so that the portrait of the hero can be redrawn; his stubbornly defended integrity meets vindication and his last words, generally misunderstood, require a positive understanding. The poetry and its slim framework in prose are a unified composition which deserves a synchronic approach.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / Jan P Fokkelman

Introduction A Great Work of Poetry and the Competent Reader / Jan P Fokkelman

Notes to Part I / Jan P Fokkelman

The Book of Job a Literary Translation in Strophic Form Introductory Prose and Job’s Prologue (Curses and Complaint), Chs. 1–3 / Jan P Fokkelman

The First Round of the Debate, Chs. 4–14 / Jan P Fokkelman

The Second Round of the Debate, Chs. 15–21 / Jan P Fokkelman

The Third Round of the Debate, Chs. 22–28 / Jan P Fokkelman

Climax I, Chs 29–31 / Jan P Fokkelman

The Intervention of a Fourth Friend, Elihu, Chs. 32–37 / Jan P Fokkelman

Climax II, The Last Long Speech / Jan P Fokkelman

Reading Aids, Notes, Measures Introductory Prose, Chs. 1–2 / Jan P Fokkelman

The First Poem: Job’s Prologue, Ch. 3 / Jan P Fokkelman

First Climax After Debate: Survey In Three Poems / Jan P Fokkelman

Elihu, a Younger Friend, Contributes, Chs. 32–37 / Jan P Fokkelman

Climax II: God’s Answer from the Storm and Job’s Final Words / Jan P Fokkelman

The Concluding Chapter, Ch. 42 / Jan P Fokkelman

Notes to Part III / Jan P Fokkelman

Bibliography / Jan P Fokkelman

Glossary (Literary Terms) / Jan P Fokkelman

Subject Index to Parts I and III / Jan P Fokkelman.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613683434

9781280772665

1280772662

9789004232341

9004232346

OCLC:

796383689

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004232341 DOI