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My Psalm Has Turned into Weeping: Job’s Dialogue with the Psalms

By Will Kynes

Book information

Publisher
de Gruyter
Year
2012
ISBN
3110294818, 9783110294811
ISSN
0934-2575
Google Books ID
_9PLz8FLkBoC
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (1927945 bytes)
Series
Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft 437
Pages
xiv+230\245
Topic
Religion
Orientation
portrait
Paginated
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2013-03-17 17:15:17

Description

Drawing inspiration from the widely recognized parody of Ps 8:5 in Job 7:17 18, this study inquires whether other allusions to the Psalms might likewise contribute to the dialogue between Job, his friends, and God. An intertextual analysis reveals six psalms (1, 8, 39, 73, 107, 139) that serve as subtexts in the Job dialogue. The dialogue thus created between Job and these psalms indicates the concern the book has with the proper response to suffering and the role the interpretation of authoritative texts may play in that reaction.

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