Have You Considered My Servant Job? Understanding the Biblical Archetype of Patience |
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| Author:
| Balentine, Samuel E.
Crenshaw, James L. |
| Series title: | Studies on Personalities of the Old Testament Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-61117-451-9 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2015 |
| Publisher: | University of South Carolina Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $54.99USD $57.99 |
Book Description:
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The question that launches Job's story is posed by God at the outset of the story: "Have you considered my servant Job?" (1:8; 2:3). By any estimation the answer to this question must be yes. The forty-two chapters that form the biblical story have in fact opened the story to an ongoing practice of reading and rereading, evaluating and reevaluating. Samuel E. Balentine examines this rich and varied history of interpretation by focusing on the principal characters in the story.
The question that launches Job's story is posed by God at the outset of the story: "Have you considered my servant Job?" (1:8; 2:3). By any estimation the answer to this question must be yes. The forty-two chapters that form the biblical story have in fact opened the story to an ongoing practice of reading and rereading, evaluating and reevaluating. Samuel E. Balentine examines this rich and varied history of interpretation by focusing on the principal characters in the story.