The Book of Job : a revised text and version. With preface by C. F. Burney.

VG orig. blue cloth gilt. vii, [1], 479 p.; 23 cm. Introduction: Author's argument and its limitations; Analysis of the inter- polated Elihu-section; The praise of Wisdom,chap.28, another interpolation; Originality of the book; The name Job, or rather Eyob, identified in Babylonian; The so-called `Babylonian Job'; Text and translation of `The Babylonian Job'; Story of Nebuchadnezzar's fall and restoration, Dan 4, compared with the older legend; Date of the Book of Job uncertain. Apparent implications of the internal evidence, 1-34 -- Note on the prosody of the poem, 34 -- A revised translation of the book, 35-94 -- Commentary on the traditional Hebrew text and the ancient versions, 95-466 -- Appendix. Alternate version of chap. 3, 467-8 -- Indexes: subjects, Hebrew words, Sumerian with Semitic glosses, 470-9. -- From Burney's preface: `Dr. Ball's volume is not merely a commentary on the text of Job. It is a storehouse of material for the enrichment of the Hebrew Lexicon. This results, in the main, from his profound knowledge of the Babylonian language. For myself one of the most interesting and valuable features of the book is the elucidation of the original biliteral forms of Semitic roots by reference to Sumerian. In this Dr. Ball holds the position of a pioneer; and students who have not read his `Semitic and Sumerian' (Hilprecht Anniversary Volume, 1909) and `Shumer and Shem' (Proceedings of the British Academy, vol. vii, 1915) should certainly make themselves acquainted with them, in order that they may understand more clearly the principles of phonetic interchange and of the formation of triliteral roots which the theory presupposes.', vi f. Binding is Hardcover. …