The Book of Job

Mitchell, Reader in Classics Stephen

ISBN 10: 0865472866 / ISBN 13: 9780865472860

Published by North Point Press, 1987

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Book of Job
• Publisher: North Point Press
• Publication Date: 1987
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0865472866
• ISBN 13: 9780865472860
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

A verse translation of the Book of Job is accompanied by commentary and background notes

From the Back Cover

The theme of "The Book of Job" is nothing less than human suffering and the transcendence of it: it pulses with moral energy, outrage, and spiritual insight.

Now, "The Book of Job" has been rendered into English by the eminent translator and scholar Stephen Mitchell, whose versions of Rilke, Israeli poetry, and the "Tao Te Ching" have been widely praised. This is the first time ever that the Hebrew verse of Job has been translated into verse in any language, ancient or modern, and the result is a triumph.