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The labor of Job : the biblical text as a parable of human labor / Antonio Negri ; foreword by Michael Hardt ; translated by Matteo Mandarini ; commentary by Roland Boer.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Negri, Antonio, 1933-2023.
- Series:
- New slant.
- e-Duke books scholarly collection.
- New slant
- Standardized Title:
- Lavoro di Giobbe. English
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Job (Biblical figure).
- Job.
- Bible. Job.
- Bible.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (166 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Durham : Duke University Press, 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A reinterpretation of the biblical story that envisions God as no longer a remote and transcendent judge but as a humanized redeemer or avenger, an activist, and revolutionary.
- Contents:
- Creation beyond measure / Michael Hardt
- Preface to the 2002 edition
- The difference of Job
- Of the absoluteness of the contingent
- The adversary and the avenger
- The chaos of being
- The dispositif of the Messiah
- The constitution of power
- Ethics as creation
- Negri, Job, and the Bible / Roland Boer.
- Notes:
- The English translation of this work is from the Italian edition: Il lavoro di Giobbe. Il famoso testo biblico come parabola del lavoro umano. Manifestolibri, 2002.
- Description based on print version record
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786613036360
- 9781283036368
- 1283036363
- 9780822392019
- 0822392011
- OCLC:
- 526477242
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