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.

  • "Loingirding and Other Male Activities in the Book of Job," David J A Clines, University of Sheffield.  

  • "The Problem of Suffering: Some Reflections from Job," Ralph W. Klein, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago.

  • "Some Interpretations of the Divine Speeches in Job," Ralph W. Klein, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago.

  • "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.
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  • Brown, William P., "Introducing Job: A Journey of Transformation," Interpretation, 1999.
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  • Clines, David J.A., "Job's Fifth Friend: An Ethical Critique of the Book of Job," Biblical Interpretation, 2004.
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  • Dailey, Thomas F., "The Wisdom of Irreverence: Job as an Icon for Postmodern Spirituality," Interpretation, 1999.
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  • Garrett, Susan R., "The Patience of Job and the Patience of Jesus," Interpretation, 1999.
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  • Greenstein, Edward L., "The Language of Job and Its Poetic Function," Journal of Biblical Literature, 2003.
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  • Guillaume, Philippe, "Dismantling the Deconstruction of Job," Journal of Biblical Literature, 2008.
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  • Harr, Murray J., "Job after Auschwitz," Interpretation, 1999.
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  • 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.
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  • Newsom, Carol A., "The Book of Job as Polyphonic Text," Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, 2002.
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  • Newsom, Carol A., "Job and His Friends: A Conflict of Moral Imaginations," Interpretation, 1999.
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  • Patrick, James E., "The Fourfold Structure of Job: Variations on a Theme," Vetus Testamentum, 2005.
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  • Waters, Larry J., "Missio Dei in the Book of Job," Bibliotheca Sacra, 2009.
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• 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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