Human Consciousness of God in the Book of Job: A Theological and Psychological Commentary Book

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

Preface

1 Introduction 1

Part A God And Job As A Self-Consistent System: God The Nurturer

2 Stability [1.1-5] 15

Part B God As Destroyer

3 Shattering [1.6-2.13] 25

Part C God As The Self-Concealing: Job's Dark Night

4 Lament [3.1-26] 35

Part D God As The Desired One

5 Job Rediscovers Himself: The First Exchange With Eliphaz [4.1-7.21] 47

6 Job Rediscovers Himself: The First Exchange With Bildad [8.1-10.22] 63

7 Job Rediscovers Himself: The First Exchange With Zophar [11.1-14.22] 74

8 Job Rediscovers Himself: The Second Exchange With Eliphaz [15.1-17.16] 88

9 Job Rediscovers Himself: The Second Exchange With Bildad [18.1-19.21] 98

10 Job Rediscovers Himself: The Second Exchange With Zophar [20.1-21.34] 109

11 Job Rediscovers Himself: The Third Exchange With Eliphaz [22.1-24.25] 118

12 Job Rediscovers Himself: He Interrupts Bildad [25.1-27.23] 130

13 Job Rediscovers Himself: He Speaks Of Wisdom [28.1-28] 138

14 Job Rediscovers Himself: He Reflects [29.1-31.40] 146

15 Elihu's Intervention [32.1-37.24] 160

Part E God As Tim Holy One: The Quest Achieved

16 The First Divine Speech [38.1-39.30] 183

17 Job Is Dumbfounded [40.1-5] 196

18 The Second Divine Speech: A Revelation Of Things Unseen [40.6-41.26/34] 201

19 Job's Acknowledgment [42.1-6] 212

Part F God As Destination: Job Returns To God's Service

20 Job Serves God And The Friends [42.7-9] 219

21 Job's New Beginning [42.10-17] 223

Part G God Beyond God

22 Beyond Words 231

Part H Conclusions

23 Conclusions [1]: The Book of Job can be Read as Having a Continuous Coherent Narrative 235

24 Conclusions [2]: One Evident Narrative Theme is Job's Consciousness of God 241

25 Conclusions [3]: In the Book of Job Wisdom has Two Aspects 247

26 Conclusions [4]: The Book of Job has a Characteristic View of the Non-human Natural World 249

27 Conclusions [5]: The Book of Job in Some Respects Belongs to the Genre of Hero Stories 253

28 Conclusions [6]: The Book of Job is Relevant to Our Condition in the Twenty-first Century 257

29 Bibliography 259

Index of References 266

Index of Authors 281

Index of Subjects 284