OXQ 115,215,415 - A History of Job Interpretation

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William Jewell College

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Tutor:Milton Horne,Professor of Religion This tutorial concerns the book of Job's enduring and often interpreted perspectives upon the nature of God, humankind, and their complex relationship to each other, especially as that relationship is complicated by the suffering of humankind. The book of Job is examined from the perspectives of two major historical epochs, pre-modern and modern. In the pre-modern periods, essays address ancient Near Eastern,Biblical,Hellenistic Jewish and Early Christian, and Medieval Jewish and Christian perspectives. In the modern periods, essays address Historicocritical, and literary interpretations of the book. The primary texts the tutorial treats in this tutorial include The Sumerian Job; The Babylonian Job; Biblical Job; The Testament of Job; Targum Job; and J.B.( MacLeish)

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2.00 - 3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.jewell.edu

Phone Number:

(816) 415-5979

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

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Semester

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