317605887

Rumors of Wisdom [Elektronische Ressource] : Job 28 as Poetry

Berlin : De Gruyter, 2009

313 p.

Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft ; v.398

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978-3-11-021477-2

BC 6730

 

Bibel. Ijob, 28  Exegese  Poetik 

 

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978-3-11-021478-9

This study brings together literary and philological criticism to offer a reading of Job 28 as poetry. The heart of the study consists of two major sections. The first is an interpretation of the poem against the heroic deeds of ancient kings described in Mesopotamian royal narratives, especially the Gilgamesh epic. The second is a thorough philological and textual commentary which employs an aesthetic rationale for restoring the text of the poem as a work of art. The study reveals a multileveled masterpiece whose complexity impacts how one reads Job 28 as poetry and theology.