Contested creations in the Book of Job : the-world-as-it-ought-and-ought-not-to-be / / by Abigail Pelham.
In Contested Creations in the Book of Job: the-world-as-it-ought- and -ought-not-to-be Abigail Pelham reads the Book of Job both ‘forwards’—examining the perspectives on creation presented by Job and his friends and corrected by God’s authoritative voice from the whirlwind—and ‘backwards,’ demonstra...
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| Superior document: | Biblical interpretation series, v. 113 |
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| Year of Publication: | 2012 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Biblical interpretation series ;
v. 113. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (271 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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Table of Contents:
- Preliminary Material
- Prologue: The Author, the Reader, and the Professional Not-Knower
- 1. Creation in the Book of Job: Reading Backwards and Forwards for Questions and Possibilities
- 2. Relationships Between Persons in the World-as-It-Ought-and-Ought-Not-to-Be: Centrality and Dispersion, Connectedness and Loneliness
- 3. Time in the World-as-It-Ought-and-Ought-Not-to-Be: Stasis, Change, and Death
- 4. Inside and Outside: The Configuration of Space in the World-as-It-Ought-and-Ought-Not-to-Be
- 5. The Explosive Finale: Reading Backwards from the Epilogue
- Epilogue: Negotiating and Renegotiating the World
- Bibliography
- Index of Names
- Index of Subjects
- Index of Scriptures.