"Look at me and be appalled" essays on Job, theology, and ethics, an interdisciplinary dialogue

"This collection of eighteen essays addresses critical theological and ethical issues in the book of Job: (1) Prologue: From Eden to Uz; (2) Job and His Friends: "What Provokes You that You Keep on Talking?"; (3) Job and the Priests: "Look At Me and Be Appalled;" (4) Traumat...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Balentine, Samuel E. 1950- autor (autor)
Formato: Libro
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden ; Boston : Brill 2021
Colección:Biblical interpretation series ; 190
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Sumario:"This collection of eighteen essays addresses critical theological and ethical issues in the book of Job: (1) Prologue: From Eden to Uz; (2) Job and His Friends: "What Provokes You that You Keep on Talking?"; (3) Job and the Priests: "Look At Me and Be Appalled;" (4) Traumatizing Job: "God Has Worn Me Out;" (5) Out of the Whirlwind: "Can You Thunder with A Voice Like God's?"; (6) Preaching Job and Job's God: "Listen Carefully to My Words;" (7) Epilogue: "All's Well That Ends Well" ... or Is it? The lead essay raises the question that lingers over the entire book: What are we to think of a God who is complicit in the death of seven sons and three daughters "for no reason"?"--
Descripción Física:XVII, 334 p. : il. ; 25 cm
Bibliografía:Incluye referencias bibliográficas e índices (p. [321]-334)
ISBN:9789004453456