Let the day perish: The nexus of personification and mythology in Job 3

While both Job 3 and Jeremiah 20 contain curses against the day of one's birth, the language of Job's curses resonates more forcefully than does Jeremiah's. In this study, I argue that the feature which lends Job such extraordinary power is not only the author's dramatic use of p...

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Main Author: Leonard, Jeffery M (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Check availability: HBZ Gateway
Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Published: [2018]
In: Journal for the study of the Old Testament
Year: 2018, Volume: 43, Issue: 2, Pages: 247-270
IxTheo Classification:HB Old Testament
Further subjects:B Night
B Job 3
B Bible. Ijob 3
B Mythology
B Cursing
B Jeremiah 20
B Day
B Personification
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