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Book SynopsisThe biblical book of Job is a timeless text that relates a story of intense human suffering, abandonment, and eventual redemption. It is a tale of profound theological, philosophical, and existential significance that has captured the imaginations of auditors, exegetes, artists, religious leaders, poets, preachers, and teachers throughout the centuries. This original volume provides an introduction to the wide range of interpretations and representations of Job—both the scriptural book and its righteous protagonist—produced in the medieval Christian West. The essays gathered here treat not only exegetical and theological works such as Gregory’s Moralia and the literal commentaries of Thomas Aquinas and Nicholas of Lyra, but also poetry and works of art that have Job as their subject.
Trade Review“This Companion is a substantial contribution to the study of medieval Christian exegesis and, needless to say, the larger history of interpretation of Job.” Paul M. Blowers, Emmanuel Christian Seminary at Milligan College. In: Speculum, Vol. 94, No. 2 (April 2019), pp. 537-538.
Table of ContentsList of Illustrations and Diagrams Notes on Contributors Abbreviations Introduction Franklin T. Harkins and Aaron Canty I. EXEGETICAL AND THEOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES 1 Job in the Ancient Versions and the Pseudepigrapha Angela Kim Harkins 2 Job in Patristic Commentaries and Theological Works Kenneth B. Steinhauser 3 Job’s Sin in the Moralia of Gregory the Great Carole Straw 4 Job in the Glossa ordinaria on the Bible Lesley Smith 5 From the Fiery Heaven to the Fire of Hell: Job in the Sentences Commentaries of Albert the Great, Bonaventure, and Thomas Aquinas Franklin T. Harkins 6 Christ and the Eternal Extent of Divine Providence in the Expositio super Iob ad litteram of Thomas Aquinas Franklin T. Harkins 7 A Passionate Dispute over Divine Providence: Albert the Great’s Commentary on the Book of Job Ruth Meyer 8 Nicholas of Lyra’s Literal Commentary on Job Aaron Canty 9 Job in the German Reformation Ronald K. Rittgers II. VERNACULAR AND POPULAR PERSPECTIVES 10 Look upon My Affliction (Job 10:15): The Depiction of Job in the Western Middle Ages Gamble L. Madsen 11 The Book of Job in Latin Biblical Poetry of the Middle Ages Greti Dinkova-Bruun 12 The Book of Job and the Figure of Job in Old English Literature Martin Chase 13 Patience on Pilgrimage: Job in Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales Jane Beal 14 Job and the Wycliffites J. Patrick Hornbeck II Bibliography Index
