Ngwa The Hermeneutics of the 'Happy' Ending in Job 42:7-17

1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-3-11-092733-7
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, Band 354, 190 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 230 mm

Reihe: Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft

The hermeneutics employed in this work is partly referred to as hindsight hermeneutics, and upholds the resonance and dissonance between the Epilogue of the Book of Job and the preceding sections. Within the Theophany-epilogue continuum, rebuke and approval, retribution and its suspension, divine transcendence and accessibility are all held together. The dramatically discordant traditions in the preceding section are not interpreted as competing alternatives but as complementary possibilities for understanding the nature of the divine-human relationship and responding to the threat and reality of chaos and suffering.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ngwa, Kenneth Numfor

Fachgebiete

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

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter One: Text and Textual Analysis Chapter Two: Selected History of Interpretation The Versions (particularly LXX and 11QtgJob) · Rabbinic and Patristic Interpretation · Medieval Jewish and Christian Interpretation · Later medieval Interpretations · Modern Historical-Critical Analysis Chapter Three: Revisiting the Epilogue Proposed Hermeneutic · Interpreting the Epilogue Chapter Four: Theological Reflections Re-posing the Problem of Job · Defining the Restoration in the Epilogue · Theological Resource for interpreting the Epilogue · Proposed meanings of the Epilogue

Über Autor(innen)

Revised Ph.D. dissertation under the supervision of Professor C. L. Seow, at Princeton Theological Seminary, N. J. in 2004. Kenneth Numfor Ngwa is now visiting Assistant Professor of Old Testament at Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Indiana/USA.