{"product_id":"job-by-edward-l-greenstein-9780300255249","title":"Job","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis \u003cem\u003e\"bold new English translation”\u003c\/em\u003e (Adam Kirsch, \u003cem\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/em\u003e) of \u003cem\u003eJob\u003c\/em\u003e by one of the world’s leading biblical scholars will reshape the way we read this canonical text.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e“A work of erudition with . . . a revolutionary twist.”\u003c\/em\u003e—James Parker, \u003cem\u003eAtlantic\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe book of \u003cem\u003eJob\u003c\/em\u003e has often been called the greatest poem ever written. The book, in Edward Greenstein’s characterization, is “a Wunderkind, a genius emerging out of the confluence of two literary streams” which “dazzles like Shakespeare with unrivaled vocabulary and a penchant for linguistic innovation.” Despite the text’s literary prestige and cultural prominence, no English translation has come close to conveying the proper sense of the original. The book has consequently been misunderstood in innumerable details and in its main themes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEdward Greenstein’s new translation of \u003cem\u003eJob\u003c\/em\u003e is the culmination of decades of intensive research and painstaking philological and literary analysis, offering a major reinterpretation of this canonical text. Through his beautifully rendered translation and insightful introduction and commentary, Greenstein presents a new perspective: \u003cem\u003eJob\u003c\/em\u003e, he shows, was defiant of God until the end. The book is more about speaking truth to power than the problem of unjust suffering.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47455606931692,"sku":"9780300255249","price":32.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/61SVPznGBmL._SL1500.jpg?v=1774786953","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/job-by-edward-l-greenstein-9780300255249","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}