Resources for the Book of Job
(Check the
Scripture Index for links and study resources pertaining to a specific pericope)
- Introductions, Overviews & General Resources:
- Job at Luther Seminary's Bible Tutor. Study basics about Bible books, people, dates, places, and content, and take web-based self-tests. CD-ROM of Advanced Studies also available at their site.
- Book of Job, Wikipedia.
- Book of Job, The Jewish Encyclopedia, 1910.
- Introduction to the Book of Job, New American Bible.
- The Catholic Encyclopedia: Job, Theodicy.
- Introduction, Outline, and Selected Bibliography for the Book of Job, by David Malick at the Biblical Studies Foundation.
- Bible Basics (Job) by NetMinistries. (Very basic - includes .wav files with pronunciation of Biblical words)
- Job in the World Wide Study Bible.
- Walking Through the Bible: Job.
- Biblenotes summary: Job.
- Introduction to the Book of Job, G.K. Chesterton.
- The Book of Job: A Brief Introduction, The Literary Structure of Job: An Outline, Dennis Bratcher, Christian Resource Institute.
- Commentary, Exegesis, Studies, etc.:
- Job, Geneva Study Bible, 1599.
- Job, Matthew Henry Complete Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1706.
- Job, Wesley's Notes, c 1760.
- Job, Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871.
- Job, Scofield Reference Notes, 1917.
- "Literature of the Middle Period," Gerald A. Larue in Old Testament Life and Literature, 1968.
- Proverbs and Job, Barry Bandstra, Reading the Old Testament.
- Putting God on Trial: The Biblical Book of Job, Robert Sutherland.
- The Book of Job, verse by verse commentary, Robert Nguyen Cramer, BibleTexts.com.
- Job, Expository Notes, Dr. Thomas L. Constable, Dallas Theological Seminary, 2005 edition.
- Study Guide for the Book of Job, Dr. Bill Long, 2005.
- Articles and Background:
- "The Book of Job and the Origins of Judaism," James A. Sanders, Biblical Theology Bulletin, 2009.
- A number of excellent, thought-provoking articles on "suffering," at Insights, the faculty journal of Austin Seminary, 2005.
- "The Image of Ayyub (Job) in the Qu'ran and Later Islam," Stephen Viccio, The Bible and Interpretation, 2005.
- "The Unreliable Narrator of Job," James W. Watts, Syracuse University. From The Whirlwind: Essays on Job, Hermeneutics and Theology in Memory of Jane Morse, ed. Corrine Patton, Steven Cook, & James Watts, 2001.
- Essays and Articles on the Book of Job, Dr. Bill Long.
- "Job: Second Thoughts in the Land of Uz," Thomas G. Long, Princeton Theological Seminary. Theology Today, 1989.
- "Qoheleth and Job: Diverse Responses to the Enigma of Evil," Rosemary Dewey, Spirituality Today, Winter 1985.
- "Why, God? A Tale of Two Sufferers," Burton Z. Cooper, Louisville Theological Seminary. Theology Today, 1986.
- "The Promise of Technology versus God's Promise in Job," David Strong. Theology Today, 1991.
- From David J.A. Clines, On the
Way to the Postmodern: Old Testament Essays 1967-1998:
- The Arguments of Job's Three Friends
- False Naivety in the Prologue to Job
- Job 4.13: A Byronic Suggestion
- Verb Modality and the Interpretation of Job 4.20-21
- Job 5.1-8: A New Exegesis
- Belief, Desire and Wish in Job 19.23-27: Clues for the Identity of Job's 'Redeemer'
- In Search of the Indian Job
- Those Golden Days: Job and the Perils of Nostalgia
- Quarter Days Gone: Job 24 and the Absence of God
- "Speak, O Lord: The Silence of God in Human Suffering," Ataloa Snell Woodin, Direction, 1996.
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"Loingirding and Other Male Activities in the Book of Job," David J A Clines, University of Sheffield.
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"The Problem of Suffering: Some Reflections from Job," Ralph W. Klein, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago.
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"Some Interpretations of the Divine Speeches in Job," Ralph W. Klein, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago.
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"Reflections on Job's Question," Santiago Sia, Spirituality Today, Fall 1985.
- "The Exegesis of Tears," Dow Edgerton, Chicago Theological Seminary. Theology Today, 1989.
- "Job's Thirst for Righteousness: A Parable of Post Modernism," Randy Klassen, Direction, 1996.
- Sasson, V., "The Literary and Theological Function of Job’s Wife in the Book of Job," Biblica Vol. 79(1998) 86-90. Abstract
- Shepherd, D., "The Targum of Job in the Rabbinic Bible and the Solder Codex (MS Nürnberg)," Biblica Vol. 79(1998) 360=380. Abstract
- "The Cohesive Issue of mishpat in Job," Carl Schultz, Houghton College.
- "The Teacher in Ancient Israel," Carl Schultz, Houghton College.
- "God's Role in the World: the Informing, but Disturbing Depiction of Job," Carl Schultz, Houghton College.
- Recommended articles
from ATLAS, an online collection of religion and theology journals, are
linked below.
ATLAS Access options are available for academic institutions, alumni of
selected theological schools, and clergy/church offices.
- Brown, William P.,
"Introducing Job: A Journey of Transformation," Interpretation,
1999.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Clines, David J.A.,
"Job's Fifth Friend: An Ethical Critique of the Book of Job,"
Biblical Interpretation, 2004.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Dailey, Thomas F.,
"The Wisdom of Irreverence: Job as an Icon for Postmodern Spirituality,"
Interpretation, 1999.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Garrett, Susan R.,
"The Patience of Job and the Patience of Jesus," Interpretation,
1999.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Greenstein, Edward L.,
"The Language of Job and Its Poetic Function," Journal of Biblical
Literature, 2003.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Guillaume, Philippe,
"Dismantling the Deconstruction of Job," Journal of Biblical
Literature, 2008.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Harr, Murray J.,
"Job after Auschwitz," Interpretation, 1999.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Magdalene, F. Rachel, "The ANE Legal
Origins of Impairment as Theological Disability and the Book of Job,"
Perspectives in Religious Studies, 2007.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Magdalene, F. Rachel,
"Job's Wife as Hero: A Feminist-Forensic Reading of the Book of Job,"
Biblical Interpretation, 2006.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Newsom, Carol A.,
"The Book of Job as Polyphonic Text," Journal for the Study of
the Old Testament, 2002.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Newsom, Carol A.,
"Job and His Friends: A Conflict of Moral Imaginations,"
Interpretation, 1999.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Patrick, James E.,
"The Fourfold Structure of Job: Variations on a Theme," Vetus
Testamentum, 2005.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Waters, Larry J., "Missio Dei in the Book of
Job," Bibliotheca Sacra, 2009.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
- Brown, William P.,
"Introducing Job: A Journey of Transformation," Interpretation,
1999.
- Reviews:
- Review: Roland E. Murphy, The Book of Job: A Short Reading. (Paulist Press, 1999) Reviewed by Michael Carasik in SBL's Review of Biblical Literature.
- Review: James A. Wharton, Job. (Westminster John Knox Press [Westminster Bible Companion], 1999) Reviewed by Michael S. Cheney in SBL's Review of Biblical Literature.
- Review: Loren Fisher, Who Hears the Cries of the Innocent? (Fisher Publications, 2002) Review by James Crenshaw in SBL's Review of Biblical Literature.
- Review: Robert S Fyall, Now My Eyes Have Seen you. Images of Creation and Evil in the Book of Job. InterVarsity, 2002. Review by Daniel P Bricker in The Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, 2003.
- Review: Yohan Pyeon, You Have Not Spoken What Is Right About Me: Intertextuality and the Book of Job. (Peter Lang, 2003) Review by Edward L. Greenstein in SBL's Review of Biblical Literature.
- Review: David Shepherd, Targum and Translation: A Reconsideration of the Qumran Aramaic Version of Job. Royal Van Gorcum, 2004. Review by Rimon Kasher in SBL's Review of Biblical Literature.
- Review: Carol A. Newsom, The Book of Job: A Contest of Moral Imaginations. Oxford University Press, 2003. Review by Gregory Vall in The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 2004.
- Review: Carol A. Newsom, The Book of Job: A Contest of Moral Imaginations. Oxford University Press, 2003. Review by Kathleen M O'Connor, Theology Today, 2004.
- Review: Robert Sutherland, Putting God on Trial: The Biblical Book of Job. Trafford, 2004. Review by Alice M. Sinnott in SBL's Review of Biblical Literature.
- Review: Manlio Simonetti and Marco Conti, eds., Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture: Job. InterVarsity Press, 2006. Review by Robin Gallaher Branch, Review of Biblical Literature, 2007.
- Review: Samuel E. Balentine, Job, Smyth & Helwys, 2006. Review by Willem A.M. Beuken, Review of Biblical Literature, 2007.
- Review: Gerald H. Wilson, Job. Hendrickson/Paternoster, 2007. Review by Katharine Dell, Review of Biblical Literature, 2007.
- Review: F. Rachel Magdalene, On the Scales of Righteousness: Neo-Babylonian Trial Law and the Book of Job. Brown Judaic Studies, 2007. Review by Markus Witte, Review of Biblical Literature, 2008.
- Drama:
- The Trial of Job, by Roger Eaton. A Translation and Annotation of the Book of Job in the form of a drama.
- "Just Do It," John McNeil, dramatix.
- "Why Me?" James Jack, dramatix.
- "Dennis the Menace," Greg Brook, dramatix.
- "Job," Greg Brook, dramatix.
- "Came Darkness: The Curse of Job," Terence Kuch, dramatix.
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