Where Shall Wisdom Be Found? Calvin's Exegesis of Job from Medieval and Modern Perspectives

Name: Where Shall Wisdom Be Found? Calvin's Exegesis of Job from Medieval and Modern Perspectives
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ISBN: 9780226740430

ISBN-10: 0226740439

ISBN-13: 9780226740430

Edition: 1994

Authors: Susan E. Schreiner

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Through countless retellings, from the Talmud to Archibald MacLeish and since, the story of Job has become a fixture in the cultural imagination of the West. In this study, Susan E. Schreiner analyzes interpretations of the Book of Job by Gregory the Great, Maimonides, Thomas Aquinas, and particularly John Calvin. Reading Calvin's interpretation of Job against the background of his most important medieval predecessors, Schreiner shows how central Job is to Calvin's struggles with issues of creation, the problem of evil, the meaning of history, and the doctrine of providence. For Calvin and his predecessors, Schreiner argues, the concept of intellectual perception is the key to an…

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List price: $60.00
Copyright year: 1994
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 6/15/1994
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 274
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.298
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction



Where is the Place of Understanding?


The Coherence of Gregory'sMoralia in Job



The Exulting of the Wicked is Short


Maimonides and Aquinas on Job



Does God Pervert Justice?


Suffering and Justice in Calvin'sSermons on Job



Behold Behemoth!


Nature and History in Calvin'sSermons on Job



Modern Readings of Job


Abbreviations


Notes


Index