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In this volume, J. Gerald Janzen examines the text of the book of Job as a literary text within the context of the history of the religion of Israel and within the broader context of the universal human condition. He approaches the basic character of the book from a literary perspective which enables him to identify human existence as exemplified in Job and to expound on the mystery of good and evil, which gives human existence its experiential texture and which together drive humans to ask the same kind of questions asked by Job. This is the first full-length commentary to present Job systematically and literarily.|In this volume, J. Gerald Janzen examines the text of the book of Job as a literary text within the context of the history of the religion of Israel and within the broader context of the universal human condition. He approaches the basic character of the book from a literary perspective which enables him to identify human existence as exemplified in Job and to expound on the mystery of good and evil, which gives human existence its experiential texture and which together drive humans to ask the same kind of questions asked by Job. This is the first full-length commentary to present Job systematically and literarily.

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Job

INTERPRETATION

A Bible Commentary for Teaching and Preaching

INTERPRETATION

A BIBLE COMMENTARY FOR TEACHING AND PREACHING

James Luther Mays, Editor

Patrick D. Miller Jr., Old Testament Editor

Paul J. Achtemeier, New Testament Editor

Old Testament:

Genesis by Walter Brueggemann

Exodus by Terence E. Fretheim

Leviticus by Samuel E. Balentine

Numbers by Dennis T. Olson

Deuteronomy by Patrick D. Miller

Joshua by Jerome F. D. Creach

Judges by J. Clinton McCann

Ruth by Katharine Doob Sakenfeld

First and Second Samuel by Walter Brueggemann

First and Second Kings by Richard D. Nelson

First and Second Chronicles by Steven S. Tuell

EzraNehemiah by Mark A. Throntveit

Esther by Carol M. Bechtel

Job by J. Gerald Janzen

Psalms by James L. Mays

Proverbs by Leo G. Perdue

Ecclesiastes by William P. Brown

Song of Songs by Robert W. Jenson

Isaiah 139 by Christopher R. Seitz

Isaiah 4066 by Paul D. Hanson

Jeremiah by R. E. Clements

Lamentations by F. W. Dobbs-Allsopp

Ezekiel by Joseph Blenkinsopp

Daniel by W. Sibley Towner

HoseaMicah by James Limburg

NahumMalachi by Elizabeth Achtemeier

New Testament:

Matthew by Douglas R. A. Hare

Mark by Lamar Williamson Jr.

Luke by Fred B. Craddock

John by Gerard S. Sloyan

Acts by William H. Willimon

Romans by Paul J. Achtemeier

First Corinthians by Richard B. Hays

Second Corinthians by Ernest Best

Galatians by Charles Cousar

Ephesians, Colossians, and Philemon by Ralph. P. Martin

Philippians by Fred B. Craddock

First and Second Thessalonians by Beverly Roberts Gaventa

First and Second Timothy and Titus by Thomas C. Oden

Hebrews by Thomas G. Long

First and Second Peter, James, and Jude by Pheme Perkins

First, Second, and Third John by D. Moody Smith

Revelation by M. Eugene Boring

J. GERALD JANZEN

Job

1985 John Knox Press 2012 paperback edition Originally published in hardback in - photo 1

1985 John Knox Press 2012 paperback edition Originally published in hardback in - photo 2

1985 John Knox Press

2012 paperback edition

Originally published in hardback in the United States

by John Knox Press in 1985

Louisville, Kentucky

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Scripture quotations that are not the translation of the author, Marvin H. Pope, or Robert Gordis are from the Revised Standard Version of the Holy Bible, copyright 1946, 1952, and 1971, 1973 by the Division of Christian Education, National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A., and used by permission.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Janzen, J. Gerald, 1932

Job.

(Interpretation, a Bible commentary for teaching and preaching)

Bibliography: p.

1. Bible. O.T.Commentaries. I. Title. II. Series

BS1415.3.J36 1985 223.107 8448512

ISBN-13: 978-0-8042-3114-5

ISBN: 978-0-664-23877-3 (paper edition)

Picture 3 The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of the American National Standard for Information SciencesPermanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1992.

SERIES PREFACE

This series of commentaries offers an interpretation of the books of the Bible. It is designed to meet the need of students, teachers, ministers, and priests for a contemporary expository commentary. These volumes will not replace the historical critical commentary or homiletical aids to preaching. The purpose of this series is rather to provide a third kind of resource, a commentary which presents the integrated result of historical and theological work with the biblical text.

An interpretation in the full sense of the term involves a text, an interpreter, and someone for whom the interpretation is made. Here, the text is what stands written in the Bible in its full identity as literature from the time of the prophets and apostles, the literature which is read to inform, inspire, and guide the life of faith. The interpreters are scholars who seek to create an interpretation which is both faithful to the text and useful to the church. The series is written for those who teach, preach, and study the Bible in the community of faith.

The comment generally takes the form of expository essays. It is planned and written in the light of the needs and questions which arise in the use of the Bible as Holy Scripture. The insights and results of contemporary scholarly research are used for the sake of the exposition. The commentators write as exegetes and theologians. The task which they undertake is both to deal with what the texts say and to discern their meaning for faith and life. The exposition is the unified work of one interpreter.

The text on which the comment is based is the Revised Standard Version of the Bible. The general availability of this translation makes the printing of a translation unnecessary and saves the space for comment. The text is divided into sections appropriate to the particular book; comment deals with passages as a whole, rather than proceeding word by word, or verse by verse.

Writers have planned their volumes in light of the requirements set by the exposition of the book assigned to them. Biblical books differ in character, content, and arrangement. They also differ in the way they have been and are used in the liturgy, thought, and devotion of the church. The distinctiveness and use of particular books have been taken into account in decisions about the approach, emphasis, and use of space in the commentaries. The goal has been to allow writers to develop the format which provides for the best presentation of their interpretation.

The result, writers and editors hope, is a commentary which both explains and applies, an interpretation which deals with both the meaning and the significance of biblical texts. Each commentary reflects, of course, the writers own approach and perception of the church and world. It could and should not be otherwise. Every interpretation of any kind is individual in that sense; it is one reading of the text. But all who work at the interpretation of Scripture in the church need the help and stimulation of a colleagues reading and understanding of the text. If these volumes serve and encourage interpretation in that way, their preparation and publication will realize their purpose.

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