Jung's Answer to Job: A Commentary

This book offers an intellectual and cultural context for C. G. Jung's 1952 work. Initially greeted with controversy,Answer to Jobhas been neglected by many serious commentators on Jung.Jung's Answer to Job: A Commentaryplaces theAnswer to Jobin the context of biblical commentary, and then examines the circumstances surrounding its composition and immediate reception.Jung's Answer to Jobunravels Jung's narrative, offering a comprehensive re-reading of Jung's text, as well as a re-positioning in its cultural context. Whilst remaining true to the tenets of analytical psychology, this commentary underlinesAnswer to Job's greater significance in terms of cultural history. It will be invaluable to students and scholars of analytical psychology, religion and those who subscribe to Jung's ideas.

Paul Bishop is Professor of German and Head of the Department of German Language and Literature at the University of Glasgow.

Acknowledgements	p. ix
Abbreviations	p. x
Introduction	p. 1
The Book of Job and its commentators	p. 2
Knowledge or faith?	p. 14
Overview	p. 24
Background	p. 29
Genesis of the text: Jung on Answer to Job	p. 31
Job in Jung's childhood	p. 31
Background dreams	p. 34
Aion	p. 38
Jung on Answer to Job in his correspondence	p. 41
Reception of Answer to Job	p. 44
Sermons and symbols	p. 51
Gnosticism and the controversy with Buber	p. 52
In the image of God	p. 63
Beyond good and evil	p. 65
Basic concepts underpinning Answer to Job	p. 69
In the name of God	p. 82
Commentary	p. 87
Answer to Job: An analytical commentary. Part I	p. 89
'I am distressed for thee, my brother ...'	p. 89
Theoretical presuppositions	p. 92
The Book of Job	p. 94
The Creation	p. 98
Wisdom literature	p. 101
The Prophets	p. 108
Answer to Job: An analytical commentary. Part II	p. 115
The Incarnation	p. 115
'Ye are gods'	p. 127
Age of Aquarius	p. 129
The coming of the Holy Spirit	p. 132
The Book of Revelation	p. 137
The Assumption	p. 154
Conclusion	p. 163
Notes	p. 178
Bibliography	p. 204
Index	p. 215
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