Allusive and elusive : allusion and the Elihu speeches of Job 32-37 / by Cooper Smith. [print]
Material type: TextSeries: Biblical interpretation series ; v. 198.Publisher: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2022Description: xvii, 257 pages ; 25 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9789004508002
- 9004508007
- BS1415.52.S658.A458 2022
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Introduction: Elihu as elusive and allusive -- The elusive allusion: Grasping the literary trope -- Interpreting allusions: A model for a Biblical trope -- Interpreting allusions in the first speech of Elihu -- Interpreting allusions in the second speech of Elihu -- Interpreting allusions in the third speech of Elihu -- Interpreting allusions in the fourth speech of Elihu -- Allusiveness in the Elihu speeches: Job 32-37 as open ended and process oriented .
"Elihu is among the most diversely evaluated characters in the Hebrew Bible. Attending to the inner-Joban allusions in the Elihu speeches (Job 32-37) provides both an explanation and appreciation for this diversity. After carefully defining allusion, this work identifies and interprets twenty-three allusions in Job 32-37 that refer to Job 1-31 in order to understand both their individual significance in the Elihu speeches and their collective significance as a compositional feature of the unit. This allusiveness is shown to both invite and explain the varied assessments of Elihu's merits in the history of interpretation"--
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