The Book of Job (eBook, ePUB)

Annotated & Explained

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The poetical masterpiece that confronts the inexplicable mystery of good and evil can be a companion on your own spiritual journey.

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, the editor of the Oxford University Press Study Bible program, clarifies what Job is, helps overcome difficulties in the text, and suggests what Job may mean for us today. Kraus's 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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Turner Publishing Company
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. August 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781594734717
• Artikelnr.: 38325988

Inhaltsangabe

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