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Resources for the Book of Job
(Check the
Scripture Index for links and study resources pertaining to a specific pericope)
 | Introductions, Overviews & General Resources:
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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. |
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Book
of Job, The Jewish Encyclopedia, 1910. |
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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. |
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| Commentary, Exegesis, Studies, etc.:
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Job, Geneva Study Bible, 1599. |
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Job, Matthew Henry Complete Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1706. |
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Job, Wesley's Notes, c 1760. |
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Job, Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and
Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871. |
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Job, Scofield Reference Notes, 1917. |
| Behind Suffering: A Series on
Job by Ray C. Stedman. In Text or Real Audio format. |
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"Literature
of the Middle Period," Gerald A. Larue in Old Testament Life and
Literature, 1968. |
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Proverbs and Job, Barry Bandstra,
Reading the Old
Testament. |
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Putting God on Trial:
The Biblical Book of Job, Robert Sutherland. |
| The
Book of Job, verse by verse commentary, Robert Nguyen Cramer, BibleTexts.com. |
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Job,
Expository Notes,
Dr. Thomas L. Constable, Dallas
Theological Seminary, 2005 edition. |
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Study Guide
for the Book of Job, Dr. Bill Long, 2005. |
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| Articles and Background:
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"The
Image of Ayyub (Job) in the Qu'ran and Later Islam," Stephen Viccio,
The Bible and Interpretation, 2005. |
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"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. |
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"The Language
of Job and Its Poetic Function," Edward L. Greenstein, Journal of
Biblical Literature, 2003. (Links one long .pdf file of entire Winter 2003 JBL
volume. Expect long download times over slow
connections.) |
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The Book of
Job and Ricoeur's Hermeneutics, Semeia: An Experimental Journal for
Biblical Criticism, 1981:
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"The
Book of Job and Ricoeur's Hermeneutics," Loretta Dornisch |
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"Job
or the Impotence of Religion and Philosophy," André Lacocque |
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"Satanic Semiotics, Jobian Jurisprudence," Richard Jacobson |
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"Reading Ricoeur Reading Job," David Pellauer |
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"The
Sense of the Text and a New Vision," Frederick J. Bolton |
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"Three Ways in Text Interpretation," Donald R. Buckey |
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"Speech and Silence in Job," Robert Paul Dunn |
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"Cosmos and Covenant," Walter James Lowe |
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"The
Silence of Job as the Key to the Text," Alan M. Olson |
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"Deconstruction, Plurivocity, and Silence," Allan Patriquin |
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"Prototypic Horror: The Genre of the Book of Job," Roger C. Schlobin,
Fantasy and the Bible, Semeia 60: An Experimental Journal for Biblical
Criticism, 1992. |
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"Job:
Second Thoughts in the Land of Uz," Thomas G. Long, Princeton
Theological Seminary. Theology Today, 1989. |
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"Qoheleth
and Job: Diverse Responses to the Enigma of Evil," Rosemary Dewey,
Spirituality
Today, Winter 1985. |
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"Why,
God? A Tale of Two Sufferers," Burton Z. Cooper, Louisville
Theological Seminary. Theology Today, 1986. |
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"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:
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"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. |
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"The
Exegesis of Tears," Dow Edgerton, Chicago Theological Seminary. Theology
Today, 1989. |
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"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 |
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"The Cohesive Issue of mishpat in Job," Carl Schultz, Houghton
College. |
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"The Teacher in Ancient Israel," Carl Schultz, Houghton College. |
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"God's Role in the World: the Informing, but Disturbing Depiction of Job,"
Carl Schultz, Houghton College. |
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| Articles in
ATLAS Journals. (Direct link when you are
subscribed and logged in to
ATLASerials online collection of Religion and Theology Journals.):
| Brown, William P.,
"Introducing Job: A Journey of Transformation," Interpretation,
1999. |
| Clines, David J.A.,
"Job's Fifth Friend: An Ethical Critique of the Book of Job,"
Biblical Interpretation, 2004. |
| Dailey, Thomas F.,
"The Wisdom of Irreverence: Job as an Icon for Postmodern Spirituality,"
Interpretation, 1999. |
| Garrett, Susan R.,
"The Patience of Job and the Patience of Jesus," Interpretation,
1999. |
| Greenstein, Edward L.,
"The Language of Job and Its Poetic Function," Journal of Biblical
Literature, 2003. |
| Harr, Murray J.,
"Job after Auschwitz," Interpretation, 1999. |
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"Job," issue focus of Interpretation
53.3 (Jul 1999). |
| Magdalene, F. Rachel, "The ANE Legal
Origins of Impairment as Theological Disability and the Book of Job,"
Perspectives in Religious Studies, 2007.
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| Magdalene, F. Rachel,
"Job's Wife as Hero: A Feminist-Forensic Reading of the Book of Job,"
Biblical Interpretation, 2006. |
| Newsom, Carol A.,
"The Book of Job as Polyphonic Text," Journal for the Study of the
Old Testament, 2002. |
| Newsom, Carol A.,
"Job and His Friends: A Conflict of Moral Imaginations,"
Interpretation, 1999. |
| Patrick, James E.,
"The Fourfold Structure of Job: Variations on a Theme," Vetus
Testamentum, 2005. |
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| Reviews:
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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. |
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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. |
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Review: Loren Fisher, Who Hears the Cries of the Innocent?
(Fisher Publications, 2002) Review by James Crenshaw in SBL's
Review of Biblical Literature. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Review:
Samuel E. Balentine, Job, Smyth & Helwys, 2006. Review by Willem
A.M. Beuken, Review of Biblical Literature, 2007. |
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Review:
Gerald H. Wilson, Job. Hendrickson/Paternoster, 2007. Review by
Katharine Dell, Review of Biblical Literature, 2007. |
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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. |
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| Drama:
| The Trial of
Job, by Roger Eaton. A Translation and Annotation of the Book of Job in the form of a
drama. |
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"Just Do It," John McNeil, dramatix. |
| "Why
Me?" James Jack, dramatix. |
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"Dennis the
Menace," Greg Brook, dramatix. |
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"Job," Greg Brook, dramatix. |
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"Came
Darkness: The Curse of Job," Terence Kuch, dramatix. |
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