The Structure of the Book of Job: A Form-critical Analysis
- ISBN-10
- 0800606515
- ISBN-13
- 9780800606510
- Category
- Religion / Biblical Studies / Old Testament / General
- Pages
- 148
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1981
- Publisher
- Fortress Press
- Author
- Claus Westermann
Description
This study is based on the simple insight that in the Bible suffering has a language all of its own and that one must understand the languageof lament if one is to understand the Book of Job. As the lament, the language of suffering, encompasses three dimensions of human existance-being a self, being together with others, and being before God-so the author of the Book of Job pictures Job's suffering in the three persons who embody it: Job, the friends of Job who in turn become his enemies, and God. This insight, derived from the structure of the Book of Jobm afford sthe key to understanding this remarkable book, whose power has remained undiminished over thousands of years.
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