Reading Job Intertextually

This volume fills an important lacuna in the study of the Hebrew Bible by providing the first comprehensive treatment of intertextuality in Job, in which essays will address intertextual resonances between Job and texts in all three divisions of the Hebrew canon, along with non-canonical texts throughout history, from the ancient Near East to modern literature. Though comprehensive, this study will not be exhaustive, but will invite further study into connections between Job and these texts, few of which have previously been explored systematically. Thus, the volume's impact will reach beyond Job to each of the #145;intertexts' the articles address. As a multi-authored volume that gathers together scholars with expertise on this diverse array of texts, the range of discussion is wide. The contributors have been encouraged to pursue the intertextual approach that best suits their topic, thereby offering readers a valuable collection of intertextual case studies addressing a single text. No study quite like this has yet been published, so it will also provide a framework for future intertextual studies of other biblical texts.

Will Kynes is a PhD candidate at the University of Cambridge and Liddon Research Fellow and Tutor of Theology at Keble College, Oxford (elect). His PhD thesis investigates intertextual connections between Job and the Psalms.

1.'Introduction', Katharine Dell and Will Kynes 2.'Intertextual Methods and Job', John Barton (Oxford) 3.'Intratextuality in Job', Michael Lyons (Simpson)Job in Dialogue with the Pentateuch 4.'A Mental Map of Job 26: Job 26, Genesis 1 and Isaiah 40 Read Intertextually', Ellen van Wolde (Nijmegen) 5.'"Are You the Firstborn of the Human Race?": Adam in the Book of Job', Manfred Oeming (Heidelberg) 6.'The "Reversal" of Heilsgeschichte Themes in Job 3', John Walton-Burnight (Chicago) 7.'Job as Priest: Connections between Job and Priestly Literature', Samuel Balentine (Union Presbyterian Seminary) 8.'Job and the Torah', Markus Witte (Humboldt University Berlin) 9.'Parody as a Challenge to Tradition: The Use of Deuteronomy 32 in the Book of Job', Edward Greenstein (Bar-Ilan) Job in Dialogue with the Prophets 10. 'The Relationship between Job 1-2, 42 and 1 Samuel 1-4 As an Example of Intertextual Reading Guidance', Raik Heckl (Leipzig) 11. 'Job and Isaiah 40-55: Intertextualities in Dialogue', Will Kynes (Cambridge) 12. '"Cursed be the day I was born!": Job and Jeremiah Revisited', Katharine Dell (Cambridge) 13. 'Job and Ezekiel', Paul Joyce (Oxford) 14. 'Job and Joel: Divergent Voices on a Common Theme', J. D. Nogalski (Baylor) 15. 'Intertextuality and the Biblical Text: The Book of Job in Dialogue with Amos and Jonah', Hilary Marlow (Cambridge) Job in Dialogue with the Writings 16. 'Job and the Psalms', Michael V. Fox (Wisconsin) 17. 'Telling the Secrets of Wisdom: The Use of Psalms in the Book of Job', Christian Frevel (Ruhr-Bochum) 18. 'Job and the Book of Proverbs', Knut Heim (Bristol) 19. 'Intertextuality in Job and Ecclesiastes', Richard Schultz (Wheaton) 20. 'Divine Correction in Wisdom Literature and Beyond', James Crenshaw (Duke) 21. 'Job and Lamentations', James Aitken (Cambridge) Job's Dialogue Beyond the Hebrew Bible 22. 'The Idea of Death in the Book of Job: An Example of Rhetorical Transposition', Christopher Hays (Fuller) 23. 'Drawing out Leviathan: Job and Canaanite Mythology', Bruce Zuckerman (Southern California) 24. 'Job and The Testament of Job', Anathea Portier-Young (Duke) 25. '"More Joy in Heaven?": Re-Reading "God and Satan" alongside Resonant New Testament Texts.', J. Gerald Janzen (Christian Theological Seminary) 26. 'Job and the Pelagian Controversy', Susannah Ticciati (King's College London) 27. 'Job in Modern and Contemporary Literature: Side-lights of a Jewish Reading', Gabrielle Oberhänsli (Freiburg) 28. 'A Trial of Law: Job and Modernist Composition', Joel Beaupre (Vanderbilt) 29. 'Job and Marjorie Kemper's "God's Goodness"', J. Clinton McCann (Eden Theological Seminary)