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Job: A New Translation

by Edward L. Greenstein

  • 248 pages
  • Publisher: Yale University Press
  • 14 x 20.9 x 2.1 cm

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For those seeking a fresh view of Job's story.

"Job: A New Translation" clarifies misunderstood themes.

You will gain deeper insights into faith and defiance.

Discover a fresh and powerful translation of the Book of Job that reveals its true meaning and literary brilliance, inviting you to see Job's defiance and strength in the face of suffering.

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This "bold new English translation" (Adam Kirsch, Wall Street Journal) of Job by one of the world's leading biblical scholars will reshape the way we read this canonical text "A work of erudition with . . . a revolutionary twist."--James Parker, Atlantic The book of Job has often been called the greatest poem ever written. The book, in Edward Greenstein's characterization, is "a Wunderkind, a genius emerging out of the confluence of two literary streams" which "dazzles like Shakespeare with unrivaled vocabulary and a penchant for linguistic innovation." Despite the text's literary prestige and cultural prominence, no English translation has come close to conveying the proper sense of the original. The book has consequently been misunderstood in innumerable details and in its main themes. Edward Greenstein's new translation of Job is the culmination of decades of intensive research and painstaking philological and literary analysis, offering a major reinterpretation of this canonical text. Through his beautifully rendered translation and insightful introduction and commentary, Greenstein presents a new perspective: Job, he shows, was defiant of God until the end. The book is more about speaking truth to power than the problem of unjust suffering.
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  • Title

    Job: A New Translation

  • Author

    Edward L. Greenstein

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    Yale University Press

  • Published

    August 2020

  • Weight

    237g

  • Page Count

    248

  • Dimensions

    14 x 20.9 x 2.1 cm

  • ISBN

    9780300255249

  • ISBN-10

    0300255241

  • Eden Code

    5223339

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