Book of Job

Book of Job

Annotated & Explained
Buch | Softcover
256 Seiten
2012
SkyLight Paths Publishing,US (Verlag)
978-1-59473-389-5 (ISBN)
16,20 inkl. MwSt
This fresh translation and annotation of a celebrated classic of world literature captures some of the finest poetry in the Hebrew Bible and uncovers the original author's intent in a way that is accessible for modern readers and spiritual seekers.
THE BOOK OF JOB, celebrated as a classic of world literature and one of the glories of the Bible, can often be puzzling and frustrating - puzzling for its dialogue form and off-putting because of the many questions it leaves unanswered. The book was written in a world very different from our own and yet the fundamental questions it raises are still ones we grapple with today: Is it worthwhile to act for the best? Does life have a meaning beyond itself? Why do the righteous suffer and the guilty prosper?

In this accessible guide to a spiritual masterpiece, Donald Kraus clarifies what Job is, helps overcome difficulties in the text and suggests what Job may mean for us today. Kraus' fresh translation captures some of the finest poetry in the Hebrew Bible and uncovers the original author's intent in a way that is accessible for modern readers and spiritual seekers.

This inviting SkyLight Illuminations edition, with probing facing-page commentary, explores Job's daring challenges to God's goodness, asks questions about the basic fairness of existence and offers compelling descriptions of the glories of the created world and the bitter sorrows of human life.

Donald Kraus, executive editor for Bibles at Oxford University Press, has produced such high-profile projects as The Catholic Study Bible (first and second editions), The New Oxford Annotated Bible with the Apocrypha, The Jewish Study Bible and The Jewish Annotated New Testament. He is author of Choosing a Bible and Sex, Sacrifice, Shame and Smiting.

Foreword vii
Introduction xi

The Prose Framework: Opening
Chapter 1
Chapter 2

Job's Curse
Chapter 3

The First Dialogue Cycle
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14

The Second Dialogue Cycle
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21

The Third Dialogue Cycle
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28

Job's Final Speeches
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31

The Elihu Explosion
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Chapter 34
Chapter 35
Chapter 36
Chapter 37

The Answer of God from the Storm
Chapter 38
Chapter 39
Chapter 40
Chapter 41

Job's Final Reply
Chapter 42 (verses 1–6)

The Prose Framework: Closing
Chapter 42 (verses 7–17)

Acknowledgments
Suggestions for Further Reading

Erscheint lt. Verlag 15.6.2013
Reihe/Serie Skylight Illuminations
Übersetzer Donald Kraus
Vorwort Marc Brettler
Verlagsort Woodstock
Sprache englisch
Maße 140 x 216 mm
Themenwelt Religion / Theologie Christentum Bibelausgaben / Bibelkommentare
ISBN-10 1-59473-389-9 / 1594733899
ISBN-13 978-1-59473-389-5 / 9781594733895
Zustand Neuware
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