Job Unveiled and Reimagined

This edited volume brings together cutting-edge essays on the book of Job, one of the Bible's most enigmatic works. Moving beyond its routine placement in wisdom literature, the contributors probe Job's distinctive theology, intertextual networks, and literary intricacy. Drawing on a range of disciplines, leading scholars from the Americas, Africa, Asia, and Europe offer fresh readings that unsettle received views and open new lines of inquiry. Honouring the legacy of David J. A. Clines, the collection maps future paths for Joban studies.

Introduction
Part I: Methodology and Ancient Versions in the Study of the Book of Job
Urmas Nõmmik: Hebrew Job through the Lens of Diachronic Poetics - Stephan Lauber: »How Long Will You Break Me In Pieces With Words?« (Job 19:2) - Mark Sneed: Book of Job: Odd One Out or In? - Juliane Eckstein: Text-Critical Research on Job - Maximilian Häberlein: Old Greek Job as Ancient Jewish Literature: Literary and Theological Perspectives

Part II: Intertextuality in the Book of Job
Walter Bührer: Job in Dialogue - Yasir Saleem: Intertextual Explorations in Job and the Pentateuch - JiSeong J. Kwon: Intertextual Links between Job and Samuel - James E. Harding: Why Must Job Be from the Land of Uz? - Katharine J. Dell / Ellie M. Wiener: »By the Hearing of the Ear« (Job 42:5)

Part III: Texts of the Book of Job
Françoise Mies: What is Job's First and Most Personal Question? - Jakob Böckle: Job's Ambivalent Perception of Death (and the Hope of an Afterward) - Tova Forti: The Enigma of the Qen »Nest« in Job 29:18 - Stefan Fischer: The Contribution of Elihu's Theology to the Book of Job with a Special Focus on His Pedagogy of Suffering (Job 33:14-30) - Lisa Plantin: God Hears the Cry of the Young Wild Animals - Hanneke van Loon: »See Now Behemoth!« - Tobias Häner: The Beauty of Behemoth and Leviathan
Marlen Bunzel / Kathrin Ritzka: »Therefore I Quit, and I Am Consoled Over Dust and Ashes« (Job 42:6) - Walter Bührer: Job's Response to God in Its Theological and Redaction-Historical Contexts - Stuart Weeks: Job, God, and Self-Respect

Part IV: The Reception and New Readings of the Book of Job
Jason Kalman: To Gladden the Heart of a Widow - Lance R. Hawley: »Like a geber« - Silvia Schroer: Homo Faber in Distress