Full Description
In Metaphors in the Discussion on Suffering in Job 3-31, Hanneke van Loon offers a new approach to the theme of suffering in the book of Job. Her analysis of metaphors demonstrates that Job goes through different stages of existential suffering in chapters 3-14 and that he addresses the social dimension of his suffering in chapters 17 and 19. Van Loon claims that Job's existential suffering ends in 19:25, and that chapters 23-31 reflect a process in which Job translates his own experience into a call upon the audience to adopt a new attitude toward the unfortunate ones in society. The theoretical approach to metaphors is based on insights from cognitive linguistics.
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1 Metaphor and Biblical Exegesis: a Proposal
1 New Developments in Cognitive Linguistics and Biblical Exegesis
2 Metaphor in Cognitive Linguistics
3 Metaphor and Biblical Exegesis
2 The Theme of Suffering in the Book of Job
1 Literary Approaches to the Book of Job
2 The Structure of Job 3-31
3 Metaphors of Suffering in Job 3-31
3 Suffering in the Opening Speech (Job 3): the Unrest of Being Imprisoned in Life
1 Job 3:20-26 in the Context of Job 3
2 Job 3:20-26: Text and Translation
3 Metaphors in Job 3:20-26
4 The Conceptualization of Suffering as Being Imprisoned in Life
4 Suffering in the First Speech Cycle (Job 4:1-15:16): the Loss of Hope
1 The Conceptualization of Suffering in Job 7:1-11
2 The Conceptualization of Suffering in Job 10:18-22
3 The Conceptualization of Suffering in Job 14:4-12
5 Suffering in the Second Speech Cycle (Job 15:17-22:30): the Denial of Consolation
1 The Conceptualization of Suffering in Job 17:6-16
2 The Conceptualization of Suffering in Job 19:20-29
3 Winding Up the Dialogue
6 The Suffering of the Poor in Job 23-31: on Morality in an Imperfect World
1 Job 23-31: on Morality in an Imperfect World
2 The Suffering of the Poor
3 The Topic of the Poor and Needy and the Discussion of Job's Yield
Conclusion
1 But Man is Born to Trouble ...
2 Metaphors and the Rhetorical Development in Job 3-31
3 Interpretational Cruces and Other Interpretational Decisions
4 Notes for Future Research
Bibliography
Index
