TY - BOOK ID - 77928571 TI - Rumors of Wisdom PY - 2009 VL - 398 SN - 1282295977 9786612295973 3110214784 9783110214789 9781282295971 9783110214772 3110214776 661229597X PB - Berlin Boston DB - UniCat KW - Hebrew poetry, Biblical KW - History and criticism. KW - Bible. KW - Criticism, Textual. KW - Language, style. KW - 223.2 KW - History and criticism KW - Job. Hiob KW - Bible KW - Criticism, Textual KW - Language, style KW - Hebrew poetry, Biblical - History and criticism KW - Book of Job. KW - Gilgamesh Epic. KW - Old Testament. KW - Wisdom Literature. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77928571 AB - Efforts at interpreting Joban poetry have often been divided between philological and literary critics. This study brings these two critical modes together to offer an account of how Job 28 achieves meaning. The heart of the study consists of two major sections. The first is a reading of the poem with special attention to the conceptual background of its metaphors. Rather than a poetic account of mining technology, Job 28 is properly understood against the heroic deeds of ancient Mesopotamian kings described in Sumerian and Akkadian royal narratives, especially the Gilgamesh epic. The second major section is a thorough philological and textual commentary in which comparative philological and text-critical methods are complemented by an aesthetic rationale for restoring the text of the poem as a work of art. The study reveals a multileveled and image-driven masterpiece whose complexity impacts how one reads Job 28 as poetry and theology. ER -