Death and survival in the book of Job : desymbolization and traumatic experience /
The Book of Job functions as literature of survival where the main character, Job, deals with the trauma of suffering, attempts to come to terms with a collapsed moral and theological world, and eventually re-connects the broken pieces of his world into a new moral universe, which explains and conta...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
New York :
T & T Clark,
©2006.
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Colección: | Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies ;
450. T & T Clark library of biblical studies. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | The Book of Job functions as literature of survival where the main character, Job, deals with the trauma of suffering, attempts to come to terms with a collapsed moral and theological world, and eventually re-connects the broken pieces of his world into a new moral universe, which explains and contains the trauma of his recent experiences and renders his life meaningful again.€The key€is Job's death imagery. In fact, with its depiction of death in the prose tale and its frequent discussions of death in the poetic sections, Job may be the most death-oriented book in the bible. In part. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (vii, 202 pages) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-183) and indexes. |
ISBN: | 9780567171900 0567171906 1281802468 9781281802460 9786611802462 6611802460 |
Acceso: | Legal Deposit; |