Job's Body and the Dramatised Comedy of Moralising
This book focuses on the expressions used to describe Job’s body in pain and on the reactions of his friends to explore the moral and social world reflected in the language and the values that their speeches betray. A key contribution of this monograph is to highlight how the perspective of illness...
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| description | This book focuses on the expressions used to describe Job’s body in pain and on the reactions of his friends to explore the moral and social world reflected in the language and the values that their speeches betray. A key contribution of this monograph is to highlight how the perspective of illness as retribution is powerfully refuted in Job’s speeches and, in particular, to show how this is achieved through comedy. Comedy in Job is a powerful weapon used to expose and ridicule the idea of retribution. Rejecting the approach of retrospective diagnosis, this monograph carefully analyses the expression of pain in Job focusing specifically on somatic language used in the deity attack metaphors, in the deity surveillance metaphors and in the language connected to the body and social status. These metaphors are analysed in a comparative way using research from medical anthropology and sociology which focuses on illness narratives and expressions of pain. Job's Body and the Dramatised Comedy of Moralising will be of interest to anyone working on the Book of Job, as well as those with an interest in suffering and pain in the Hebrew Bible more broadly. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1609502025-05-31T06:02:32Z Job's Body and the Dramatised Comedy of Moralising Southwood, Katherine E. Job’s Body Young Man retrospective diagnosis Job’s Speech Job's illness Job’s Friends Impressionistic Scene Illness Narratives Main Character Elihu’s Speech Job’s Predicament Radcliffe Brown’s Theory Todorov’s Approach Job’s Words Sarah’s Laughter Mental Torment Attack Metaphor Job’s Protest Medical Anthropology Job’s Pain Hides Counsel Divine Surveillance Divine Violence Devious Scheme Job’s Language thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRS Ancient religions and Mythologies thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRM Christianity::QRMF Christianity: sacred texts and revered writings::QRMF1 Bibles::QRMF12 Old Testaments thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRM Christianity thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRV Aspects of religion::QRVC Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRJ Judaism::QRJF Judaism: sacred texts and revered writings thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHC Ancient history thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRA Religion: general This book focuses on the expressions used to describe Job’s body in pain and on the reactions of his friends to explore the moral and social world reflected in the language and the values that their speeches betray. A key contribution of this monograph is to highlight how the perspective of illness as retribution is powerfully refuted in Job’s speeches and, in particular, to show how this is achieved through comedy. Comedy in Job is a powerful weapon used to expose and ridicule the idea of retribution. Rejecting the approach of retrospective diagnosis, this monograph carefully analyses the expression of pain in Job focusing specifically on somatic language used in the deity attack metaphors, in the deity surveillance metaphors and in the language connected to the body and social status. These metaphors are analysed in a comparative way using research from medical anthropology and sociology which focuses on illness narratives and expressions of pain. Job's Body and the Dramatised Comedy of Moralising will be of interest to anyone working on the Book of Job, as well as those with an interest in suffering and pain in the Hebrew Bible more broadly. 2025-05-31T06:02:31Z 2025-05-31T06:02:31Z 2025-05-30T06:43:40Z 2020 book ONIX_20250530T083217_9781000163452_47 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/103094 9781000163452 9781000163377 9781003029489 9781000163414 9780367533113 9780367462574 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/160950 eng Routledge Studies in the Biblical World open access image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/103094/1/9781000163452.pdf Taylor & Francis Routledge 10.4324/9781003029489 10.4324/9781003029489 fa69b019-f4ee-4979-8d42-c6b6c476b5f0 9781000163452 9781000163377 9781003029489 9781000163414 9780367533113 9780367462574 Routledge 202 Oxford open access |
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| topic | Job’s Body Young Man retrospective diagnosis Job’s Speech Job's illness Job’s Friends Impressionistic Scene Illness Narratives Main Character Elihu’s Speech Job’s Predicament Radcliffe Brown’s Theory Todorov’s Approach Job’s Words Sarah’s Laughter Mental Torment Attack Metaphor Job’s Protest Medical Anthropology Job’s Pain Hides Counsel Divine Surveillance Divine Violence Devious Scheme Job’s Language thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRS Ancient religions and Mythologies thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRM Christianity::QRMF Christianity: sacred texts and revered writings::QRMF1 Bibles::QRMF12 Old Testaments thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRM Christianity thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRV Aspects of religion::QRVC Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRJ Judaism::QRJF Judaism: sacred texts and revered writings thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHC Ancient history thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRA Religion: general |
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