

The Speeches from the Whirlwind: Introduction 2. The Metaphorical Process: Transformation and RestabilizationįALL AND JUDGMENT: THE SPEECHES OF GOD AND THE NARRATIVE TALE 1. Job: The Oath of Innocence and the Revolt of the Hero (Job 29-31) 6. Bildad: The Sovereignty of God and the Folly of Revolt (Job 25 26.1-14) 5. Job: The Appeal to a Redeemer (Job 16-17 19) 4. Eliphaz: The Fall of the Primal King (Job 15) 3. Job: The Illusion of Redemptive History (Job 12-14) 2. PROTEST AND REVOLT: THE SECOND AND THIRD CYCLES AND THE OATH OF INNOCENCE 1. The Metaphorical Process: From Destabilization to Mimesis


Job: The Plea for Justice and Mercy (Job 9-10) 4. Eliphaz: The Defense of Divine Justice (Job 4-5) 2. The Metaphorical Process: Absurdity and DestabilizationĭIVINE JUSTICE AND HUMAN SLAVERY: THE FIRST CYCLE 1. The Opening Soliloquy: The Assault on Creation (Job 3) 3. The Narrative Tale: Divine Judgment (Job 1-2) 2. Preliminary ConsiderationsĭIVINE JUDGMENT AND HUMAN DESTINY: THE NARRATIVE TALE AND THE OPENING SOLILOQUY 1. INTERPRETING THE BOOK OF JOB: PRELIMINARY ISSUES 1.

The Mythic Paradigm of Revolt against the Gods Metaphors of Anthropology in Ancient Near Eastern and Biblical Literatures 2. METAPHORS OF ANTHROPOLOGY AND MYTHIC PARADIGMS 1. Metaphors of Cosmology in Wisdom Literature The Metaphor of Struggle and the Mythic Paradigm of the Battle with Chaos 3. Metaphors of Cosmology in Ancient Near Eastern and Biblical Literatures 2. METAPHORS OF COSMOLOGY AND MYTHIC PARADIGMS 1. Introduction: Cosmology and Anthropology in Wisdom 2. THE THEOLOGY OF WISDOM LITERATURE: ISSUES AND APPROACHES 1. METAPHORICAL THEOLOGY AND MYTHIC PARADIGMS Chapter 1 Wisdom in revolt: metaphorical theology in the Book of Job. Typeset by Sheffield Academic Press and Printed on acid-free paper in Great Britain by Billing & Sons Ltd Worcesterīritish Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Perdue, Leo G. Box 510, Decatur GA 30031, US A Almond Press is an imprint of Sheffield Academic Press Ltd The University of Sheffield 343 Fulwood Road Sheffield S10 3BP England Williams (Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York)Ĭopyright © 1991 Sheffield Academic Press Published by Almond Press Editorial direction: David M. Gunn (Columbia Theological Seminary, Decater, Georgia) Assistant General Editor: Danna Nolan Fewell (Perkins School of Theology, Dallas, Texas) Consultant Editors: Elizabeth Struthers Malbon (Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, Blacksburg, Virginia) James G. REVOLT Metaphorical Theology in the Book of Jobīible and Literature Series, 29 General Editor: David M. Gunn Assistant General Editor Danna Nolan Fewell Consultant Editors Elizabeth Struthers Malbon James G. JOURNAL FOR THE STUDY OF THE OLD TESTAMENT SUPPLEMENT SERIESġ12 Editors David J.A.
