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Labor of Job The Biblical Text as a Parable of Human Labor

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ISBN-10: 0822346346

ISBN-13: 9780822346340

Edition: 2009

Authors: Antonio Negri, Matteo Mandarini, Michael Hardt, Roland Boer

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The Labor of Jobis an unorthodox interpretation of a canonical text of Judeo-Christian thought by the renowned Marxist political philosopher Antonio Negri. In the Old Testament book of Job, the pious Job is made to suffer for no apparent reason. The heart of the story is Job's quest to understand why he must bear, and why God would allow, such misery. In conventional readings, the story is an affirmation of divine transcendence. When God finally speaks to Job, it is to assert his sovereignty and establish that it is not Job's place to question what he, God, allows. In Negri's materialist reading, Job does not recognize God's transcendence. He denies it, and in so doing becomes a co-creator…    
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Book details

Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Duke University Press
Publication date: 11/24/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 168
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.25" long x 0.25" tall
Weight: 0.484
Language: English

Roland Boer, Ph.D. (1993) in Biblical Studies, McGill University, is Research Fellow at the University of Newcastle, Australia. He has published extensively in theology, Marxism, political theory, postcolonialism, cultural studies and literary theory. His most recent works are Criticism of Heaven (2007), Symposia (2007), Political Myth (2009) and Political Grace (2009).

Foreword: Creation beyond Measure
Preface to the 2002 Edition
Introduction
The Difference of Job
Of the Absoluteness of the Contingent
The Adversary and the Avenger
The Chaos of Being
The Dispositif of the Messiah
The Constitution of Power
Ethics as Creation
Commentary: Negri, Job, and the Bible
Bibliographical Appendix
Index