| Series preface |
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| Author's preface |
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| Abbreviations |
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1 Introduction and Statement of the Problem |
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1 | (10) |
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The problems of the book of Job |
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1 | (5) |
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6 | (5) |
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2 Job's Tragedy (Chs. 1-2) and the Failure of the Debate With His Friends (Chs. 3-37) |
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11 | (50) |
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Job's integrity, the Accuser's question and Job's costly worship (Job 1-2) |
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11 | (10) |
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The debate between Job and his friends: round one (chs. 4-14) |
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21 | (20) |
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Reflections on the first round of the debate (chs. 4-14) |
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41 | (1) |
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Round two of the debate (chs. 15-21) |
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42 | (8) |
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Round three of the debate (chs. 22-27) |
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50 | (3) |
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Wisdom's inaccessibility (ch. 28) and Job's final assertion of innocence (chs. 29-31) |
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53 | (3) |
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56 | (3) |
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Evaluating the debate between Job and his friends |
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59 | (2) |
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3 Yhwh's First Speech and His Rule Over Creation (Job 38:1 - 40:5) |
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61 | (42) |
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`Then the Lord answered and said' (38:1): yhwh's introduction |
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61 | (3) |
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Yhwh's opening challenge to Job (38:2-3) |
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64 | (3) |
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Who was it that founded the earth? (38:4-7) |
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67 | (1) |
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Rhetorical questions and the issue of tone |
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68 | (3) |
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The `swaddling' of the raging sea (38:8-11) |
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71 | (2) |
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The moral significance of the sunrise (38:12-15) |
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73 | (2) |
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God's tour through different parts of the cosmos (38:16-38) and the animals inhabiting it (38:39 - 39:30) |
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75 | (6) |
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Human limits, divine goodness and the continuing presence of evil: the significance of yhwh's first speech to Job |
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81 | (8) |
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A significant rival interpretation of yhwh's first speech |
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89 | (10) |
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Job's response (40:1-5): is he satisfied? is the reader? |
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99 | (4) |
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4 Yhwh's Second Speech and the Defeat of Leviathan (Job 40:6-41:34) |
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103 | (51) |
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`Will you break my justice?' (40:6-8) |
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103 | (4) |
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The preparation of the divine warrior (40:9-14) |
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107 | (2) |
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Behemoth: the `Superbeast' (40:15-24) |
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109 | (5) |
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Leviathan: the twisting, fleeing serpent (41:1-34) |
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114 | (5) |
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Possible interpretations of Behemoth and Leviathan |
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119 | (14) |
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Evidence for Behemoth and Leviathan as symbols of supernatural chaos and evil |
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133 | (12) |
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The hopeful and comforting implications of yhwh's second speech |
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145 | (7) |
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The limitations of God's second speech to Job |
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152 | (2) |
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5 Job's Restoration and the Question of Theodicy (Ch. 42) |
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154 | (30) |
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`Now my eye sees you': Job's second response (42:1-6) |
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154 | (11) |
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Job's restoration (42:7-17) |
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165 | (7) |
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The book of Job and the question of theodicy |
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172 | (7) |
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The unique contribution of the book of Job to suffering and the problem of evil |
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179 | (5) |
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184 | (3) |
| Bibliography |
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187 | (10) |
| Index of authors |
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197 | (3) |
| Index of Scripture references |
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