Job: Understanding the Biblical Archetype of Patience

by Samuel E. Balentine

Each new generation of readers is shaped by different historical, cultural, and political contexts, which in turn require new interpretations of an old, yet continually mesmerizing story. The church fathers interpreted Job as a forerunner of Christ, while medieval Jewish commentators debated God's providential love. Artists, beginning at least in the Greco-Roman period, painted and sculpted their own interpretations. Goethe's reading of the satan...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1506491928
• ISBN13: 9781506491929
• Release Date: July 2024
• Publisher: Fortress Press
• Length: 287 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 8.9"