
Joban Papers by David J A Clines
In this volume, David J.A. Clines-known for his magisterial three-volume commentary on Job in the Word Biblical Commentary series (1989-2011)-brings together a sequence of 27 of his papers on his favourite biblical book from a variety of publications.
In two sections, the wide-ranging Syntheses and the more focused Probes on particular chapters, this collection is a necessary adjunct to his commentary.
Among the titles in the Syntheses are:
- On the Poetic Achievement of the Book of Job
- Why Is There a Book of Job, and What Does It Do to You If You Read It?
- Job's Fifth Friend: An Ethical Critique of the Book of Job
- Deconstructing the Book of Job
Among the Probes the reader will find:
- False Naivety in the Prologue to Job
- In Search of the Indian Job
- Quarter Days Gone: Job 24 and the Absence of God
- Those Golden Days: Job and the Perils of Nostalgia
- Putting Elihu in his Place: A Proposal for the Relocation of Job 32-37
- One or Two Things You May Not Know about the Universe
- The Worth of Animals in the Book of Job
- Job's Crafty Conclusion, and Seven Interesting Things about the Epilogue to Job
- Women in Greco-Roman Jewish Novels (300 BCE-100 CE)
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Hebrew Lexicography Hebrew Philology
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The Daughter's Resistance
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The Book of Judges
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Empires Fall, Yhwh Reigns
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The Female Ruse
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Anatomical Idiom and Emotional Expression in the Hebrew Bible and the Septuagint
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Biblical Masculinities Foregrounded
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Jacob
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Words, Ideas, Worlds
- Irony in the Divine Response to Job
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Three Old Testament Theologies for Today
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Jonah's Motive in the Light of Exodus 32-34
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Herald of Good Tidings
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Character Development in MT Esther
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I Have Written to the King, My Lord
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The Michal Affair
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Protest Against God
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Reading a Tendentious Bible
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Orientalism, Assyriology and the Bible
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Sexual Transgression in the Hebrew Bible
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Like the Stars Forever
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The Other Face of God
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Song of Songs in Sense, Sound and Space
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Sin, Impurity, Sacrifice, Atonement
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Jeremiah Closer Up
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The Struggle of Yahweh and El for Hosea's Israel
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From Words to Meaning
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Journeys in the Songscape
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Ben Sira and the Men Who Handle Books
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The Joseph of Genesis as Hellenistic Scientist
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The Necessary King
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Toward Understanding the Hebrew Canon
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The Recovery of the Ancient Hebrew Language
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A Question of Sex?
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Josiah's Reform and Jeremiah's Scroll
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The Changing Shape of Form Criticism
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Longing for Egypt and Other Unexpected Biblical Tales
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1 Samuel
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Lions and Ovens and Visions
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Discourse, Dialogue, and Debate in the Bible
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Sacred Texts and Sacred Meanings
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Psalms 1-2
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The Holy Seed Has Been Defiled
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Explanations for Exile in Amos
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The Great Drama of Jeremiah
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Sequencing the Hebrew Bible
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Abishag
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The Ancient Near East in the Nineteenth Century
Professor of Biblical Studies and Head of Department at the University of Sheffield, David Clines
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| ISBN 13 | 9781914490057 |
| ISBN 10 | 1914490053 |
| Title | Joban Papers |
| Author | David J A Clines |
| Series | Hebrew Bible Monographs |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Sheffield Phoenix Press Ltd |
| Year published | 2023-04-20 |
| Number of pages | 456 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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