Subtle Citation, Allusion, and Translation in the Hebrew Bible - Ziony Zevit

Subtle Citation, Allusion, and Translation in the Hebrew Bible - Ziony Zevit

9. The Book of Job and Mesopotamian Literature: How Many Degrees of Separation?

Subtle Citation, Allusion, and Translation in the Hebrew Bible - Ziony Zevit

Edward L. Greenstein
Bar-Ilan University

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The question that ELG addresses is whether sufficient data remain, after being subject to stringent methodological analyses of criteria such as genre, linguistics, socio-historical connections, to claim that Job has a direct acquaintance with Babylonian texts concerning the pious sufferer. His chapter illustrates how the methodological analysis works in the case of Job and demonstrates the types of conclusions that it allows.

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Greenstein, Edward L.. 9. The Book of Job and Mesopotamian Literature: How Many Degrees of Separation?. Subtle Citation, Allusion, and Translation in the Hebrew Bible. Equinox eBooks Publishing, United Kingdom. p. 143-158 May 2017. ISBN 9781781792674. https://www.equinoxpub.com/home/view-chapter/?id=26701. Date accessed: 13 Dec 2024 doi: 10.1558/equinox.26701. May 2017

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