My Psalm Has Turned into Weeping: Job's Dialogue with the Psalms

Will Kynes

Published by De Gruyter 2012

My Psalm Has Turned into Weeping

Job's Dialogue with the Psalms

Will Kynes

Volume 437 in the series Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110294941

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Drawing inspiration from the widely recognized parody of Ps 8:5 in Job 7:17–18, this study inquires whether other allusions to the Psalms might likewise contribute to the dialogue between Job, his friends, and God. An intertextual method that incorporates both “diachronic” and “synchronic” concerns is applied to the sections of Job and the Psalms in which the intertextual connections are the most pronounced, the Job dialogue and six psalms that fall into three broad categories: praise (8, 107), supplication (39, 139), and instruction (1, 73). In each case, Job’s dependence on the Psalms is determined to be the more likely explanation of the parallel, and, in most, allusions to the same psalm appear in the speeches of both Job and the friends. The contrasting uses to which they put these psalms reflect conflicting interpretive approaches and uncover latent tensions within them by capitalizing on their ambiguities. They also provide historical insight into the Psalms’ authority and developing views of retribution. The dialogue created between Job and these psalms indicates the concern the book has with the proper response to suffering and the role the interpretation of authoritative texts may play in that reaction.

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Will Kynes, University of Oxford, UK.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Acknowledgements Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	v
Table of Contents Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	vii
Abbreviations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xi
1. Hearing History: Connections between Job and the Psalms in the History of Interpretation Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2. Between Times, Between Texts: Intertextualities in Dialogue Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	17
Part I. Praise
3. Hubris and Humility: Psalm 8 in Job Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	63
4. Doxology in Disputation: Psalm 107 in Job Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	80
Part II. Supplication
5. Ominous Omniscience?: Psalm 139 in Job Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	101
6. Harassed Hope: Psalm 39 in Job Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	122
Part III. Instruction
7. From Didactic to Dialogic: Psalm 1 in Job Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	145
8. Re-interpreting Retribution: Psalm 73 in Job Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	161
9. Conclusion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	180
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	191
Index of Ancient Sources Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	213
Index of Subjects Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	222
Index of Authors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	226

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Academics, Libraries, Institutes
Pages
- Front matter: 14
- Main content: 230
Keywords: Job; Psalms; Wisdom Literature; Intertextuality

eBook

Published: October 30, 2012
ISBN: 9783110294941

Hardcover

Published: October 15, 2012
ISBN: 9783110294811