The Book of Job: A History of Interpretation and a Commentary
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, July 2020
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Overview
This book is the product of fifty years of scholarship. It consists of two main parts: the first is an essay on the history of interpreting the book of Job in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. The second part is a commentary on the book.
- Provides an exegesis-driven approach to the book of Job
- Makes use of other texts, including readings from the church fathers and medieval jewish commentaries
- Advances the interpretation of Job dialectically through the juxtaposition of diverse commentarial remarks
- Part I. The History of Interpreting the Book of Job
- Part II. The Book of Job Commentary
- Hapax Legomena in the Book of Job
- Aramaisms in the Book of Job
Few scholars have such a grasp of the range of Job’s reception history, and in this new commentary Vicchio convincingly shows us that to interpret this book is to be part of a vast, rich, multivocal tradition of reading possibilities.
—David Tollerton, author of The Book of Job in Post-Holocaust Thought
It is rare to come across a work displaying this level of erudition that is simultaneously so accessible and helpful to the average reader. Vicchio’s commentary on Job is written in clear and lucid prose, without tendention or obfuscation. I am confident it will prove to be a well-nigh indispensable companion for many students of Job in their journey to come to grips with this most challenging and anguished book of the Bible.
—David Fohrman, Aleph Beta, author of The Beast that Crouches at the Door
Staggering in scope and detail, Vicchio’s work is a monumental contribution to biblical exegesis. From the long history of commentary on Job he weaves a rich, complex tapestry that integrates the well-known and the obscure thoughts on the man from Uz into a work that is simultaneously a classic evocative of the best of a deep interpretative history and a modern scholastic work of astounding academic rigor.
—Matthew R. Sayers, Lebanon Valley College
- Title: The Book of Job: A History of Interpretation and a Commentary
- Author: Stephen Vicchio J.
- Publisher: Wipf and Stock
- Print Publication Date: July 2020
- Pages: 460
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Resource ID: LLS:JOBAHISTORYWS
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2021-06-24T20:25:35Z