The book of Job aesthetics, ethics, hermeneutics
The Book of Job has held a central role in defining the project of modernity from the age of Enlightenment until today. Why has Job's response to disaster become a touchstone for modern reflections on catastrophic events? This volume engages this question and offers new perspectives on the trag...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin
De Gruyter
[2015], 2015
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| Series: | Perspectives on Jewish Texts and Contexts
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| Collection: | JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | The Book of Job has held a central role in defining the project of modernity from the age of Enlightenment until today. Why has Job's response to disaster become a touchstone for modern reflections on catastrophic events? This volume engages this question and offers new perspectives on the tragic bent of the Book of Job, on its dramatic irony, on Job's position as mourner, and the unique representation of the Joban body in pain |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| ISBN: | 311033383X 9783110333831 |