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• Machine generated contents note: A. History of Research on the Role of the Vision in the Book
• I. Vision as a Central Element in Eliphaz's Argument
• II. Vision as Ambiguous or Subversive
• III. Vision as a Late Addition
• IV. Is it Job's Vision?
• B. Need for Further Research
• C. Assumptions and Approach
• I. Composition and Unity of Job
• II. "Intertextuality" and the Book of Job
• D. Chapter Summary
• ch. 1 Uncanny Vision Subversive Imagery in 4:12
• 21
• A. Images of Revelation and Judgment in 4:12
• 16
• I. Juxtaposed Imagery of Revelation and Judgment
• II. Role of the "Spirit" and the Purpose of the Vision
• B. Untrustworthy Servants and the Human Condition in 4:17
• 21
• I. Subversive Vision
• II. Indiscriminate Destruction in 4:19

• 21
• C. Conclusions
• ch. 2 "Have You Stood in the Council of God?" The Vision in the First Two Speech Cycles
• A. Style of the Vision and the Dispute between Job and His Friends
• I. Formal Characteristics of the Vision within the Dialogues
• II. Vocabulary of the Vision within the Dialogues
• III. Corporeal Language in the Vision and the Dialogues
• IV. Theophany and Its Effects in the Vision and the Dialogues
• V. Language of 4:17
• 21 in the Dialogues
• B. Friends' Responses to the Vision
• I. Allusions to the Vision in Eliphaz's First Speech
• II. Vision in Eliphaz's Second Speech
• III. Vision in the Other Speeches of the Friends
• C. Job's Allusions to and Reuse of the Vision
• I. Vision in Job 6
• 7
• II. Vision in Job 9
• 10
• III. Vision in the Later Speeches of Job
• D. Conclusions
• ch. 3 "How Small a Whisper We Hear of Him" The Vision in the Development of the Book
• A. Vision in Job 3
• 5
• I. Is the Vision a Quotation of Job?
• II. Vision is the Original Conclusion to Job 3
• III. Job 4
• 5 as a Response to the Vision
• IV. Was The Vision Accidentally Displaced?
• B. Vision in the Third Speech Cycle and the Elihu Speeches
• I. Vision in the Third Speech of Eliphaz
• II. Vision in the Elihu Speeches
• III. Vision in Job 25
• IV. Vision in Job 26
• V. Vision in the Final Speeches of Job
• C. Vision in the Development of the Dialogues
• I. Is the Third Speech Cycle the Original End of the Dialogue?
• II. Is the Third Speech Cycle a Secondary Addition?
• III. Has the Third Speech Cycle Been Accidentally Disrupted?
• IV. Intentional Displacement and the Reframing of the Vision
• D. Conclusions
• ch. 4 "If It Is Not He, Then Who?" The Meaning of the Vision in the Original Dialogue
• A. Vision and Job's Dispute with God
• I. Reading the Vision with Job's Eyes
• II. Vision as the Motivation for Job's Complaint
• III. Job's Responses to the Vision Reconsidered
• B. Revelation and Tradition in the Arguments of the Friends
• I. Eliphaz's Responses to the Vision and Use of Tradition
• II. Revelation and Tradition in the Speeches of Bildad and Zophar
• III. Epistemology of the Friends and Job's Critique
• C. Conclusions
• ch. 5 "Now My Eye Sees You" The Vision, the Final Form, and the Early Reception of Job
• A. Vision in the Rest of the Book
• I. Elihu's Response to the Vision
• II. Vision and the Divine Speeches
• III. Job's Final Response
• IV. Prose Tale and the Vision
• B. Earliest Reception and the Final Form of Job
• I. Vision and Job in the Earliest Reception History
• II. Purposes and Effects of the Vision's Reattribution.

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Author/Creator:

Brown, Ken, 1982- , author

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

The vision in Job 4 and its role in the Book: reframing the development of the Joban dialogues [by Brown, K.]

Related Series:

Forschungen zum Alten Testament > 2. Reihe; [volume] 75 (ISSN 1611-4914)

Studies of the Sofja Kovalevskaja Research Group on early Jewish monotheism; vol. 4

Subjects:

Jesus Christ — History of doctrines — Early church, ca. 30-600

Bible — Job — Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible — Old Testament — Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Christianity and other religions — Judaism

Judaism — Relations — Christianity

God (Judaism) — History of doctrines

Jewish Christians — History — Early church, ca. 30-600

Christianity — Origin

General Notes:

Revision of the author's thesis, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, 2014, under the title: "You terrify me with visions": the vision in Job 4 and its role in the book.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-325) and indexes.
Description based on print version record.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Call Numbers:

BS1415.52 .B76 2015eb

ISBNs:

9783161536311 (electronic bk.)
3161536312 (electronic bk.)
9783161535338 [Invalid]
3161535332 [Invalid]

OCLC Numbers:

947803414

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EBC2049833 (source: MiAaPQ)
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