The book of Job / John Gray ; edited by David J.A. Clines. [print]

Includes bibliographical references.

IndianaTRODUCTION TO JOB 38-41: Job 38, Job 39, Job 40 The divine declaration Job 40 Job's submission Job 40 Wisdom poems on natural themes Job 42 The epilogue.

PART 1: General introduction Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 ; Job in the context of Near Eastern wisdom literature Chapter 3 Job in Hebrew wisdom Chapter 4 Date and provenance Chapter 5 Literary forms in the Book of Job Chapter 6 The composition of the Book of Job Chapter 7 Text and versions Chapter 8 The language of the Book of Job Chapter 9 The argument

PART 2: Commentary Job 1 and Job 2 The prologue Job 3 Job's expostulation Job 4 and Job 5 Eliphaz's first address Job 6 and Job 7 Job's first rejoinder to Eliphaz and his expostulation with God Job 8 Bildad's first expostulation Job 9 and Job 10 Job's second rejoinder Job 11 Zophar's first address Job 12, Job 13, and Job 14 Job's statement Job 15 Eliphaz's second reply: A remonstration to Job's obstinacy in questioning the theodicy Job 16 and Job 17 Job's rejoinder to Eliphaz Job 18 The reply of Bildad Job 19 Job's rejoinder to Bildad Job 20 The reply of Zophar Job 21 Job's rejoinder to Zophar Job 22 Eliphaz's statement Job 23 Job's response to Eliphaz: His ardent desire for confrontation with God Job 24 Job's response to Eliphaz with two citations from wisdom poetry Job 25 and Job 26 The introduction of Bildad's third address Job 27 Job's final response to his friends Job 28 An independent poem on the transcendence of wisdom Job 29 Job's review of his former prosperity Job 30 Job's plant Job 31 Job's great oath of purgation Job 32, Job 33, Job 34, Job 35, Job 36, and Job 37 Interpolation Job 32 Elihu's first address after the prose introduction Job 33 Elihu's first statement Job 34 Elihu's second statement Job 35:1, Job 33:31, Job 33:32, Job 33:33, Job 35, and Job 36 Elihu's third address Job 36 and Job 37 Elihu's citation of a hymn of praise. Job 37 Conclusion of the Elihu section: address to Job

Rich in text-critical and philological observations, the manuscript has been carefully prepared for the press; it will soon become a standard work for scholars and students of the biblical book, and a fitting tribute to the sound judgment and innovative scholarship of its author. John Gray was noted especially for his books The Legacy of Canaan (1957; 2nd edn, 1964), The Biblical Doctrine of the Reign of God (1979), and his commentaries, I and II Kings (1963; 2nd edn, 1970) and Joshua, Judges and Ruth (1967). Gray's commentary on Job, which is prefaced by a lengthy general introduction, is the first volume in a new series of commentaries on the text of the Hebrew Bible. All the volumes will concentrate on the text criticism and philology of the Hebrew text, a feature notably lacking or merely perfunctory in many current biblical commentary series.

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John Gray, who was Professor of Hebrew and Semitic Languages in the University of Aberdeen, left at his death in 2000 a complete manuscript of a commentary on the Book of Job.