Rumors of wisdom : Job 28 as poetry /
Efforts at interpreting Joban poetry have often been divided between philological and literary critics. This study brings these two critical modes together to offer an account of how Job 28 achieves meaning. The heart of the study consists of two major sections. The first is a reading of the poem wi...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
Berlin ; New York :
W. de Gruyter,
©2009.
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Colección: | Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft ;
398. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | Efforts at interpreting Joban poetry have often been divided between philological and literary critics. This study brings these two critical modes together to offer an account of how Job 28 achieves meaning. The heart of the study consists of two major sections. The first is a reading of the poem with special attention to the conceptual background of its metaphors. Rather than a poetic account of mining technology, Job 28 is properly understood against the heroic deeds of ancient Mesopotamian kings described in Sumerian and Akkadian royal narratives, especially the Gilgamesh epic. The second m. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xx, 293 pages) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-272) and indexes. |
ISBN: | 9783110214789 3110214784 1282295977 9781282295971 9786612295973 661229597X |
ISSN: | 0934-2575 ; |