TY - BOOK AU - Batnitzky,Leora AU - Pardes,Ilana TI - The Book of Job T2 - Perspectives on Jewish Texts and Contexts PY - 2017/// CY - Berlin, Germany PB - De Gruyter KW - Jewish Studies KW - Social Science / Jewish Studies N2 - The Book of Job has held a central role in defining the project of modernity from the age of Enlightenment until today. Why has Job`s response to disaster become a touchstone for modern reflections on catastrophic events? This volume engages this question and offers new perspectives on the tragic bent of the Book of Job, on its dramatic irony, on Job`s position as mourner, and the unique representation of the Joban body in pain UR - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/28251/1/1001726.pdfhttp://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/28251 ER -