The Rhetoric of Social Conscience in the Book of Job

This article offers a socio-rhetorical analysis of the book of Job. Rhetorical devices of dramatic irony, ambiguity, overstatement, parody (mock heroic narrative) and contrast are identified. These are seen to indicate an alternative narrative in which Job is a judge being tested for the disillusion...

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Main Author: Aimers, Geoffrey J. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage 2000
In: Journal for the study of the Old Testament
Year: 2000, Volume: 25, Issue: 91, Pages: 99-107
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