Job 28 as Rhetoric: An Analysis of Job 28 in the Context of Job 22-31: 97 (Supplements to Vetus Testamentum) - Softcover

Lo, Alison

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1589831977 ISBN 13: 9781589831971

Publisher: Society of Biblical Literature, 2005

Synopsis

This study seeks to argue that Job 28 is an integral part of the book as it stands, and that it is Job's speech. Job 28 serves a special rhetorical function within the book, and more specifically within chapters 22-31. This work provides a significant interpretative key to Job 28 within the most perplexing section of the book (Job 22-31). Job 28 is in contradictory juxtaposition with other sayings of Job. However, this study argues that such contradictory juxtaposition is a feature of Job's speeches in chapters 22-31, and is part of the author's strategy to make a rhetorical impact upon the audience.

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Review

'"This is a well-written book that seeks to support the position that Job 28 belongs to the original book, which, itself, is to be read as a wholistic unit."' Leo Perdue, "Review of Biblical Literature," 2005

'This is a well-written book that seeks to support the position that Job 28 belongs to the original book, which, itself, is to be read as a wholistic unit.' Leo Perdue, Review of Biblical Literature, 2005

About the Author

Alison Lo, Ph.D. (2002), University of Gloucestershire, is Visiting Scholar at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (2003-2004).

Edition details

• Publisher: Society of Biblical Literature
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1589831977
• ISBN 13: 9781589831971
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 328