Allusive and Elusive: Allusion and the Elihu Speeches of Job 32-37

Erscheinungsjahr 2022
ISBN: 978-90-04-50800-2
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 198, 258 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 587 g

Reihe: Biblical Interpretation Series

Elihu is among the most diversely evaluated characters in the Hebrew Bible. Attending to the inner-Joban allusions in the Elihu speeches (Job 32–37) provides both an explanation and appreciation for this diversity. After carefully defining allusion, this work identifies and interprets twenty-three allusions in Job 32–37 that refer to Job 1–31 in order to understand both their individual significance in the Elihu speeches and their collective significance as a compositional feature of the unit. This allusiveness is shown to both invite and explain the varied assessments of Elihu’s merits in the history of interpretation.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Smith, Cooper

Fachgebiete

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

Über Autor(innen)

Cooper Smith, Ph.D. (2019), Wheaton College, is Adjunct Instructor at Trinity Christian College (Palos Heights, IL) and Trinity Evangelical Divinity School (Deerfield, IL). He has published and presented on a variety of topics related to the book of Job and inner-biblical intertextuality.