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Index
Title Page
Copyright
Contents
APOLLOS (an imprint of Inter-Varsity Press, England)
Series preface
Author’s preface
Abbreviations
1
Introduction and statement of the problem
The problems of the book of Job
A word on myth
2
Job’s tragedy (chs. 1–2) and the failure of the debate with his friends (chs. 3–37)
Job’s integrity, the Accuser’s question and Job’s costly worship (Job 1 – 2)
The debate between Job and his friends: round one (chs. 4–14)
Reflections on the first round of the debate (chs. 4–14)
Round two of the debate (chs. 15–21)
Round three of the debate (chs. 22–27)
Wisdom’s inaccessibility (ch. 28) and Job’s final assertion of innocence (chs. 29–31)
Elihu (chs. 32–37)
Evaluating the debate between Job and his friends
3
Yhwh’s first speech and his rule over creation (Job 38:1 – 40:5)
‘Then the Lord answered . . . and said’ (38:1): yhwh’s introduction
Yhwh’s opening challenge to Job (38:2–3)
Who was it that founded the earth? (38:4–7)
Rhetorical questions and the issue of tone
The ‘swaddling’ of the raging sea (38:8–11)
The moral significance of the sunrise (38:12–15)
God’s tour through different parts of the cosmos (38:16–38) and the animals inhabiting it (38:39 – 39:30)
Human limits, divine goodness and the continuing presence of evil: the significance of yhwh’s first speech to Job
A significant rival interpretation of yhwh’s first speech
Job’s response (40:1–5): Is he satisfied? Is the reader?
4
Yhwh’s second speech and the defeat of Leviathan (Job 40:6 – 41:34)
‘Will you break my justice?’2 (40:6–8)
The preparation of the divine warrior (40:9–14)
Behemoth: the ‘Superbeast’ (40:15–24)
Leviathan: the twisting, fleeing serpent (41:1–34)26
Possible interpretations of Behemoth and Leviathan
Evidence for Behemoth and Leviathan as symbols of supernatural chaos and evil
The hopeful and comforting implications of yhwh’s second speech
The limitations of God’s second speech to Job
5
Job’s restoration and the question of theodicy (ch. 42)
‘Now my eye sees you’: Job’s second response (42:1–6)
Job’s restoration (42:7–17)
The book of Job and the question of theodicy
The unique contribution of the book of Job to suffering and the problem of evil
6
Summary and conclusion
Bibliography
Notes
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