Job: Interpretation: A Bible Commentary for Teaching and Preaching

Janzen, J. Gerald

ISBN 10: 0804231141 / ISBN 13: 9780804231145

Published by Westminster John Knox Press, 1997

About this Item

First Edition, Later Printing. Published by Westminster John Knox Press, 1997. Octavo. Hardcover. Book is like new. Dust jacket is like new.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Job: Interpretation: A Bible Commentary for Teaching and Preaching
• Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0804231141
• ISBN 13: 9780804231145
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Like New
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

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Synopsis

In this volume, J. Gerald Janzen examines the text of the book of Job as a literary text within the context of the history of the religion of Israel and within the broader context of the universal human condition. He approaches the basic character of the book from a literary perspective which enables him to identify human existence as exemplified in Job and to expound on the mystery of good and evil, which gives human existence its experiential texture and which together drive humans to ask the same kind of questions asked by Job. This is the first full-length commentary to present Job systematically and literarily.

About the Author

J. Gerald Janzen is MacAllister-Petticrew Professor Emeritus of Old Testament at Christian Theological Seminary in Indianapolis, Indiana. He is the author of numerous books and articles on the Old Testament.