Job unveiled and reimagined : current issues, emerging paradigms, and future horizons / edited by JiSeong James Kwon and Tobias Häner ; co-editor Janina M. Hiebel.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kwon, JiSeong James, 1977- editor.

Häner, Tobias, 1978- editor.

Hiebel, Janina Maria, 1979- editor.

Series:

Forschungen zum Alten Testament. 2. Reihe ; 172.

Forschungen zum Alten Testament. 2. Reihe, 1611-4914 ; 172

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Job--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Bible. Job.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

xi, 447 pages ; 24 cm

Other Title:

Current issues, emerging paradigms, and future horizons

Place of Publication:

Tübingen : Mohr Siebeck, [2026]

Summary:

"Leading scholars from five continents rethink the book of Job in this incisive collection. Rather than discarding the traditional 'wisdom literature' label, they probe deeper - exploring Job's distinctive theology, rich intertexts, and intricate artistry - to chart new dirctions for Joban scholarship." -- Publisher, page four of cover.

Contents:

Part I: Methodology and ancient versions in the study of the book of Job.

Hebrew Job through the lens of diachronic poetics / Urmas Nõmmik

"How long will you break me in pieces with words?" (Job 19:2) / Stephan Lauber

Book of Job : odd one out or in? / Mark Sneed

Text-critical research on Job / Juliane Eckstein

Old Greek Job as ancient Jewish literature : literary and theological perspectives / Maximilian Häberlein

Part II: Intertextuality in the book of Job.

Job in dialogue / Walter Bührer

Intertextual explorations in Job and the Pentateuch / Yasir Saleem

Intertextual links between Job and Samuel / JiSeong J. Kwon

Why must Job be from the land of Uz? / James E. Harding

"By the hearing of the ear" (Job 42:5) / Katharine J. Dell, Ellie M. Paley

Part III: Texts of the book of Job.

What is Job's first and most personal question? / Françoise Mies

Job's ambivalent perception of death (and the hope of an afterward) / Jakob Böckle

The enigma of the Qen "nest" in Job 29:18 / Tova Forti

The contribution of Elihu's theology to the book of Job with a special focus on his pedagogy of suffering (Job 33:14-30) / Stefan Fischer

God hears the cry of the young wild animals / Lisa Plantin

"See now behemoth!" / Hanneke van Loon

The beauty of behemoth and leviathan / Tobias Häner

"Therefore I quit, and I am consoled over dust and ashes" (Job 42:6) / Marlen Bunzel, Kathrin Ritzka

Job's response to God in its theological and redaction-historical / Walter Bührer

Job, God, and self-respect / Stuart Weeks

Part IV: The reception and new readings of the book of Job.

To gladden the heart of a widow / Jason Kalman

"Like a geber" / Lance R. Hawley

Homo faber in distress / Silvia Schroer.

Notes:

Includes abstracts in English.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Other Format:

PDF version

ISBN:

9783161636820

3161636821

OCLC:

1587112296

Publisher Number:

9783161636820