Job and the god of Babylon
Theo-politics, the Covenant and the Fall of Marduk
9789059725256
9789059725362
Distributed for Eburon Academic Publishers
Job and the god of Babylon
Theo-politics, the Covenant and the Fall of Marduk
In this new analysis of the Book of Job, Jacob Kaaks looks at the theopolitical motives of the priests who assembled the Old Testament and puts one of the most puzzling books of the bible into the context of Akkadian literature. In this reading, Job is not the long-suffering embodiment of piety, but a figure with the ability to guide an evolving concept of God. Complete with a new translation of the Book of Job that takes into account Kaaks’s scholarship, Job and the god of Babylon is an impressive study that recasts the Old Testament not as a religious text existing in a vacuum, but as a product of its historical era.

Table of Contents
Foreword
Chronology
Introduction
Chapter I. Images of god(s)
Chapter II. The book of Job in the context of his day
Chapter III. The Deuteronomist Reformation
Chapter IV. The Rise of Marduk, god of Babylon
Chapter V. Akkadian stories
Chapter VI. The three great prophets
Chapter VII. Job recast and retold
Concepts
Summary
Bibliography
Chronology
Introduction
Chapter I. Images of god(s)
Chapter II. The book of Job in the context of his day
Chapter III. The Deuteronomist Reformation
Chapter IV. The Rise of Marduk, god of Babylon
Chapter V. Akkadian stories
Chapter VI. The three great prophets
Chapter VII. Job recast and retold
Concepts
Summary
Bibliography
Be the first to know
Get the latest updates on new releases, special offers, and media highlights when you subscribe to our email lists!