Malbim's Job


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Malbim's Job


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R. Meir Lebush Malbim composed and published his monumental commentary on ?the Hebrew Bible between 1845 and 1870. It was the first work of its ?kind since medieval times. Not since the likes of Rashi, Gersonides and ?Abrabanel had a biblical commentary of comparable size and scope been written; ?and not since the golden age of Jewish philosophy had such a far ranging Jewish ?theology been formulated or had such a determined ?and focused attempt been made to grapple with the challenges presented by ?secular learning and mores to the loyalties of contemporary Jews.?On the narrative level, Malbim's interpretation of Job is quite straightforward; it is ?all a matter of tests and trials. The person Job is being tested; first by prosperity ?and then by adversity. It is, however, on other levels that Malbim's Job really ?comes into its own. Malbim believed the Massoretic (Hebrew) text of the Book of ?Job to be a coherent whole, that faithfully records what the book's original author, ?Moses, actually wrote. As such, its standing in matters of moral and natural ?philosophy must be on a par with that the Torah. Just ?as the whole of the Oral Law is inherent in the text of the Torah, so must all the ?wisdom of philosophy and metaphysics be present in the Book of Job, there in its ?poetry and imagery.?Moreover, Malbim asserted, whereas previous commentators had failed to show ?how the text of Job supported the philosophical affinities they had attributed to ?Job and his friends, or how these designations helped to elucidate the text, he ?claims to do both. Exhibiting an originality of interpretation and a love of the ?Hebrew language that matched the Haskalah of his contemporaries, Malbim finds ?support for all his ideas in the actual words of the Book of Job itself. Whether or ?not his interpretation is truly the sense of Job, what Malbim produced is ?undoubtedly a masterpiece of theology and exegesis.?




Job


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"A new translation and commentary on the biblical book of Job with exegetical essays and theological reflections on key themes and passages"--




Job 1 - 21


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The Hebrew book of Job is by all accounts an exquisite piece of literary art that holds its rightful place among the most outstanding compositions in world literature. Yet it is also widely recognized as an immensely difficult text to understand. In elucidating that ancient text, this inaugural Illuminations commentary by C. L. Seow pays close attention to the reception history of Job, including Jewish, Muslim, Christian, and Western secular interpretations as expressed in theological, philosophical, and literary writings and in the visual and performing arts. Seow offers a primarily literary-theological interpretation of Job, a new translation, and detailed commentary.




The Book of Job in Jewish Life and Thought


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Despite its general absence from the Jewish liturgical cycle and its limited place in Jewish practice, the Book of Job has permeated Jewish culture over the last 2,000 years. Job has not only had to endure the suffering described in the biblical book, but the efforts of countless commentators, interpreters, and creative rewriters whose explanations more often than not challenged the protagonist's righteousness in order to preserve Divine justice. Beginning with five critical essays on the specific efforts of ancient, medieval, and modern Jewish writers to make sense of the biblical book, this volume concludes with a detailed survey of the place of Job in the Talmud and Midrashic corpus, in medieval biblical commentary, in ethical, mystical, and philosophical tracts, as well as in poetry and creative writing in a wide variety of Jewish languages from around the world from the second to sixteenth centuries.




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"Shir ha-Shirim" -- Top of the title page.




Job 38-42, Volume 18B


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The Word Biblical Commentary delivers the best in biblical scholarship, from the leading scholars of our day who share a commitment to Scripture as divine revelation. This series emphasizes a thorough analysis of textual, linguistic, structural, and theological evidence. The result is judicious and balanced insight into the meanings of the text in the framework of biblical theology. These widely acclaimed commentaries serve as exceptional resources for the professional theologian and instructor, the seminary or university student, the working minister, and everyone concerned with building theological understanding from a solid base of biblical scholarship. Overview of Commentary Organization Introduction—covers issues pertaining to the whole book, including context, date, authorship, composition, interpretive issues, purpose, and theology. Each section of the commentary includes: Pericope Bibliography—a helpful resource containing the most important works that pertain to each particular pericope. Translation—the author’s own translation of the biblical text, reflecting the end result of exegesis and attending to Hebrew and Greek idiomatic usage of words, phrases, and tenses, yet in reasonably good English. Notes—the author’s notes to the translation that address any textual variants, grammatical forms, syntactical constructions, basic meanings of words, and problems of translation. Form/Structure/Setting—a discussion of redaction, genre, sources, and tradition as they concern the origin of the pericope, its canonical form, and its relation to the biblical and extra-biblical contexts in order to illuminate the structure and character of the pericope. Rhetorical or compositional features important to understanding the passage are also introduced here. Comment—verse-by-verse interpretation of the text and dialogue with other interpreters, engaging with current opinion and scholarly research. Explanation—brings together all the results of the discussion in previous sections to expose the meaning and intention of the text at several levels: (1) within the context of the book itself; (2) its meaning in the OT or NT; (3) its place in the entire canon; (4) theological relevance to broader OT or NT issues. General Bibliography—occurring at the end of each volume, this extensive bibliographycontains all sources used anywhere in the commentary.




Perspectives on Human Suffering


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This volume brings together a range of interdisciplinary perspectives on a topic of central importance, but which has otherwise tended to be approached from within just one or another disciplinary framework. Most of the essays contained here incorporate some degree of interdisciplinarity in their own approach, but the volume nevertheless divides into three main sections: Philosophical considerations; Humanities approaches; Legal, medical, and therapeutic contexts. The volume includes essays by philosophers, medical practitioners and researchers, historians, lawyers, literary, Classical, and Judaic scholars. The essays are united by a common concern with the question of the human character of suffering, and the demands that suffering, and the recognition of suffering, make upon us.




Job


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Holding Forth the Word of Life


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Holding Forth the Word of Life is a collection of essays offered to honor Tim Meadowcroft on his retirement from Laidlaw College. An international authority on Daniel, over the last twenty-five years Tim has established himself as one of New Zealand’s leading biblical scholars. While specializing in Old Testament, Tim has taught and published in New Testament as well as hermeneutics and theological interpretation of Scripture. Beyond academic work he has also remained committed to the church and its voice in wider society. This collection of essays, written by leading scholars from New Zealand and beyond, covers all of these areas—Old Testament, New Testament, intertestamental texts, hermeneutics, theological interpretation of Scripture, reception history, and theological reflection on pressing issues facing society.