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020 _a0674025970 USD25.00/gift: Eugene & Anita Choi
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090 _aBS1415.6.C73
_bSch3
_b2008
100 1 _aSchifferdecker, Kathryn,
_d1968-
245 1 0 _aOut of the whirlwind :
_bcreation theology in the Book of Job /
_cKathryn Schifferdecker.
260 _aCambridge, Mass. :
_bHarvard Theological Studies, Harvard Divinity School :
_bDistributed by Harvard University Press,
_cc2008.
300 _axii, 217 p. ;
_c22 cm.
490 1 _aHarvard theological studies ;
_v61
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [189]-194) and indexes.
505 0 _aPrevious interpretations of the divine speeches -- An overview -- Excursus : the date of the book of Job -- Creation theology in Job 1-37 -- Prologue (chapters 1-2) -- Job's first lament (chapter 3) -- Poetic dialogue (chapters 4-27) -- The wisdom poem (chapter 28) -- Job's final speech (chapters 29-31) -- Elihu's speech (chapters 32-37) -- "What is humanity?" -- Creation theology in the divine speeches -- The establishment of creation -- Procreation -- "What is humanity?" -- The divine speeches and other biblical creation accounts -- Conclusions -- The divine speeches in the context of the book of Job -- Job's response and the epilogue -- The problem of divine justice -- Conclusions -- Postscript: Ecological implications of Job's creation theology -- Appendix: Translation and commentary -- Job 38 -- Job 39 -- Job 40 -- Job 41 -- Job 42.
520 _a"Offers a close literary and theological reading of the book of Job--particularly of the speeches of God at the end of the book--in order to articulate the creation theology particularly pertinent in out environmentally conscious age"--Provided by publisher.
630 0 4 _aBible.
_pO.T.
_pJob
_xCriticism, interpretation, etc.
630 0 4 _aBible.
_pO.T.
_pJob
_xTheology.
650 4 _aCreation
_xBiblical teaching.
830 0 _aHarvard theological studies ;
_vno. 61.
951 _p32987
_x00037839
_oBS1415.6.C73/Sch3/2008
_j090618130942156
_d2000-12-21
_cGC
999 _c33380
_d33380