"Look at Me and Be Appalled". Essays on Job, Theology, and Ethics

An Interdisciplinary Dialogue
Erscheinungsjahr 2021
ISBN: 978-90-04-45345-6
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 190, 334 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 712 g

Reihe: Biblical Interpretation Series

This collection of eighteen essays addresses critical theological and ethical issues in the book of Job: (1) Prologue: From Eden to Uz; (2) Job and His Friends: “What Provokes You that You Keep on Talking?”; (3) Job and the Priests: “Look At Me and Be Appalled;” (4) Traumatizing Job: “God Has Worn Me Out;” (5) Out of the Whirlwind: “Can You Thunder with A Voice Like God’s?”; (6) Preaching Job and Job’s God: “Listen Carefully to My Words;” (7) Epilogue: “All’s Well That Ends Well” … or Is it? The lead essay raises the question that lingers over the entire book: What are we to think of a God who is complicit in the death of seven sons and three daughters “for no reason”?

Autoren/Hrsg.

Balentine, Samuel E

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Bibelwissenschaften Altes Testament: Exegese, Geschichte

Über Autor(innen)

Samuel E. Balentine is Professor of Old Testament Emeritus at Union Presbyterian Seminary. He is the author of numerous essays and books on Job, including a major commentary (Job, 2006) and Have You Considered My Servant Job: Understanding the Biblical Archetype of Patience (2015).