Bar-Ilan University Press

Job and the Book of Job in Rabbinic Literature

Ela Mashal Haya

Hananel Mack

This volume presents a collection of rabbinic legends about the Book of Job and the man Job. The rabbinic sources include varied opinions regarding Job himself and the basic philosophical problems inherent in this text. This new volume includes material from the pseudoepigraphic composition ''Testament of Job''.

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Danacode: 110-20075 ISBN: 965-226-270-6 Language: Hebrew Pages: 294 Weight: 580 gr Dimensions: 16X23 cm Publication Date: 01/2005 Publisher: Bar-Ilan University Press

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