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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Library Journal Review     More Content       More by this author     Larrimore, Mark J. (Mark Joseph), 1966-     Subjects     Bible. O.T. Job -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.     Bible. O.T. Job -- Commentaries.     Bible. Old Testament -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.     Suffering -- Religious aspects -- Judaism.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Larrimore, Mark J. (Mark Joseph), 1966-       by title:      The Book of Job : a ...       by call number:      223.106 L334b     Search the Web     Larrimore, Mark J. (Mark Joseph), 1966-     Bible. O.T. Job -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.     Bible. O.T. Job -- Commentaries.     Bible. Old Testament -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.     Suffering -- Religious aspects -- Judaism.       MARC Display

The Book of Job : a biography / Mark Larrimore. by Larrimore, Mark J. (Mark Joseph), 1966- Princeton University Press, 2013. Call #: 223.106 L334b Subjects Bible. O.T. Job -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.   Bible. O.T. Job -- Commentaries.   Bible. Old Testament -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.   Suffering -- Religious aspects -- Judaism. Series Lives of great religious books. ISBN:  9780691147598 (hc.) Description:  viii, 286 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-267) and indexes. Summary:  The Book of Job raises stark questions about the nature and meaning of innocent suffering and the relationship of the human to the divine, yet it is also one of the Bible's most obscure and paradoxical books, one that defies interpretation even today. A panoramic history of this remarkable book, traversing centuries and traditions to examine how Job's trials and his challenge to God have been used and understood in diverse contexts, from commentary and liturgy to philosophy and art. Job's obscure origins and his reception and use in the Midrash, burial liturgies, and folklore, and by figures such as Gregory the Great, Maimonides, John Calvin, Immanuel Kant, William Blake, Margarete Susman, and Elie Wiesel. The many ways the Book of Job's interpreters have linked it to other biblical texts; to legends, allegory, and negative and positive theologies; as well as to their own individual and collective experiences. Larrimore revives old questions and provides illuminating new contexts for contemporary ones. Was Job a Jew or a gentile? Was his story history or fable? What is meant by the "patience of Job," and does Job exhibit it? Why does God speak yet not engage Job's questions? Offering rare insights into this iconic and enduring book, Larrimore reveals how Job has come to be viewed as the Bible's answer to the problem of evil and the perennial question of why a God who supposedly loves justice permits bad things to happen to good people. Mark Lattimore directs the Religious Studies program at Eugene Lang College of Liberal Arts in New York City. He is the editor of The Problem of Evil: a reader. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Central Library Adult Nonfiction 223.106 L334b Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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