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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Other Authors: Batnitzky, Leora (Editor), Pardes, Ilana (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin De Gruyter [2015], 2015
Series:Perspectives on Jewish Texts and Contexts
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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
Physical Description:1 online resource
ISBN:311033383X
9783110333831