Job's Body and the Dramatised Comedy of Moralising: Job’s Body and the Dramatized Comedy of “Advice”

Introduction and methods -- Methinks the Job he doth Protest too Much -- The Tyranny of Tradition -- Pride comes before a Fool: Job's loss of Social Status -- Is the answer for Job blowin' in the Wind?

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Southwood, Katherine 1982- (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Abingdon, Oxon New York, NY Routledge 2021
In:Year: 2021
Reviews:[Rezension von: Southwood, Katherine, 1982-, Job's Body and the Dramatised Comedy of Moralising] (2022) (Rooke, Deborah W.)
Series/Journal:Routledge studies in the biblical world
IxTheo Classification:HB Old Testament
Further subjects:B Bible ; Job ; Socio-rhetorical criticism
B Suffering in the Bible
B Electronic books
B Metaphor in the Bible
B Bible. Occupation Socio-rhetorical criticism
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Parallel Edition:Erscheint auch als: 9780367462574
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Summary:Introduction and methods -- Methinks the Job he doth Protest too Much -- The Tyranny of Tradition -- Pride comes before a Fool: Job's loss of Social Status -- Is the answer for Job blowin' in the Wind?
This book focuses on the expressions used to describe Job’s body in pain and on the reactions of his friends to explore the moral and social world reflected in the language and the values that their speeches betray. A key contribution of this monograph is to highlight how the perspective of illness as retribution is powerfully refuted in Job’s speeches and, in particular, to show how this is achieved through comedy. Comedy in Job is a powerful weapon used to expose and ridicule the idea of retribution. Rejecting the approach of retrospective diagnosis, this monograph carefully analyses the expression of pain in Job focusing specifically on somatic language used in the deity attack metaphors, in the deity surveillance metaphors and in the language connected to the body and social status. These metaphors are analysed in a comparative way using research from medical anthropology and sociology which focuses on illness narratives and expressions of pain. Job's Body and the Dramatised Comedy of Moralising will be of interest to anyone working on the Book of Job, as well as those with an interest in suffering and pain in the Hebrew Bible more broadly.
ISBN:1003029485