The aesthetic integrity of the book of Job: Job’s literary integrity
At present, the book of Job appears less as a single book and more as an assemblage of disparate materials. In this article, I assess the hermeneutical values of modern scholarship that sustain such a judgment and propose an alternative means of envisioning the literary integrity of the Joban drama....
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Sage
[2017]
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Review and expositor
Year: 2017, Volume: 114, Issue: 2, Pages: 183-189 |
IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament |
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Summary: | At present, the book of Job appears less as a single book and more as an assemblage of disparate materials. In this article, I assess the hermeneutical values of modern scholarship that sustain such a judgment and propose an alternative means of envisioning the literary integrity of the Joban drama. Imagery is not merely an artistic vehicle for abstract meaning but a poetic and cognitive device that links together dissonant speeches and genres. I demonstrate the significance of a hermeneutics of poetry by examining Eliphaz’s first speech and Job’s response, as well as other structurally troubling places. Thus, reappraising the function of imagery demonstrates a graphic coherence and, therefore, a greater intelligibility to the book of Job. |
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ISSN: | 2052-9449 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Review and expositor
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0034637317701089 |