Semeia 19: The Book of Job and Ricoeur’s Hermeneutics

by John Dominic Crossan

Publisher:

Society of Biblical Literature (SBL)

, 1981

Overview

Semeia is an experimental journal devoted to the exploration of new and emergent areas and methods of biblical criticism. Studies employing the methods, models, and findings of linguistics, folklore studies, contemporary literary criticism, structuralism, social anthropology, and other such disciplines and approaches, are invited. Although experimental in both form and content, Semeia proposes to publish work that reflects a well defined methodology that is appropriate to the material being interpreted.

Key Features

• Key perspectives on biblical criticism
• Includes bibliographies and index

Contents

Top Highlights

“certain coincidence of the tragic God of Job and the lyric God of John” (Page 6)

“God does remind Job of the limitations of his human wisdom, limitations Job knows quite well, but at the very same time he shows Job the significance of the wisdom Job does have.” (Page 59)

“the Job in process from ‘religion’ to intimate relationship” (Page 45)

Contributors

• Frederick J. Bolton
• Donald R. Buckey
• Loretta Dornisch
• Robert Paul Dunn
• Michael V. Fox
• Richard Jacobson
• André Lacocque
• Walter J. Lowe
• Alan M. Olson
• Allen Patriquin
• David Pellauer

Product Details

• Title: Semeia 19: The Book of Job and Ricoeur’s Hermeneutics
• Editor: John Dominic Crossan
• Publisher: Society of Biblical Literature
• Publication Date: 1981
• Pages: 123

About John Dominic Crossan

John Dominic Crossan, professor emeritus at DePaul University, is widely regarded as the foremost historical Jesus scholar of our time. He is the author of several bestselling books, including The Historical Jesus and Jesus: A Revolutionary Biography. He lives in Minneola, Florida.