{"product_id":"inscrutable-malice-9780875804644","title":"Inscrutable Malice","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eInscrutable Malice\u003c\/i\u003e, Jonathan A. Cook expertly illuminates Melville''s abiding preoccupation with the problem of evil and the dominant role of the Bible in shaping his best-known novel. Drawing on recent research in the fields of biblical studies, the history of religion, and comparative mythology, Cook provides a new interpretation of \u003ci\u003eMoby-Dick\u003c\/i\u003e that places Melville''s creative adaptation of the Bible at the center of the work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCook identifies two ongoing concerns in the narrative in relation to their key biblical sources: the attempt to reconcile the goodness of God with the existence of evil, as dramatized in the book of Job; and the discourse of the Christian end-times involving the final destruction of evil, as found in the apocalyptic books and eschatological passages of the Old and New Testaments.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith his detailed reading of \u003ci\u003eMoby-Dick\u003c\/i\u003e in relation to its most important source text, Cook greatly expands the reader''s understanding of the moral\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book has an added advantage of serving as a reader's guide to the novel, one which will be indispensable to any serious reader of\u003ci\u003e Moby-Dick\u003c\/i\u003e, whether for the first or the twentieth time.\u003c\/p\u003e * Sewanee Review *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe best reading of this iconic novel in recent memory. Under Cook's expert eye,\u003ci\u003e Moby-Dick\u003c\/i\u003e divulges secrets of the Second Coming and Melville's conflicting religious inclinations. Cook's masterful and wide-ranging command of Melville's library makes Moby-Dick into a guided tour through the Western canon.\u003c\/p\u003e * Religion \u0026amp; Literature *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eOf all books about Herman Melville's \u003ci\u003eMoby-Dick\u003c\/i\u003e (and there are many), Jonathan A. Cook's is one that needed to be written. Cook organizes this potentially unwieldy and unfathomable topic in a way that scholars will find useful as a reference for repeated consultation.\u003c\/p\u003e * Nineteenth-Century Literature *","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406421565783,"sku":"9780875804644","price":97.2,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780875804644.jpg?v=1730495742","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/inscrutable-malice-9780875804644","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}