The Book Of Job In Form: A Literary Translation With Commentary

The Book of Job in Form Studia Semitica Neerlandica Editor-in-Chief Prof. dr. K.A.D. Smelik Editorial Board Prof. dr. P.C. Beentjes, Prof. dr. W.J. van Bekkum, Dr. W.C. Delsman, Prof. dr. H. Gzella, Dr. W. Th. van Peursen, Prof. dr. J. Van Steenbergen, Prof. dr. E. Talstra, Prof. dr. M. Tanret VOLUME 58 The titles published in this series are listed at brill.nl/ssn The Book of Job in Form A Literary Translation with Commentary Translated from the Hebrew, Annotated and Introduced by Jan P. Fokkelman LEIDEN • BOSTON 2012 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Fokkelman, J. P. [Het boek Job in vorm. English] The book of Job in form : a literary translation with commentary / translated from the Hebrew, annotated and introduced by Jan P. Fokkelman. p. cm. – (Studia Semitica Neerlandica, ISSN 0081-6914 ; v. 58) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-90-04-23158-0 (hardback : alk. paper) – ISBN 978-90-04-23234-1 (e-book : alk. paper) 1. Bible. O.T. Job–Criticism, interpretation, etc. I. Title. BS1415.52.F6513 2012 223'.105209–dc23 2012018008 This publication has been typeset in the multilingual “Brill” typeface. With over 5,100 characters covering Latin, IPA, Greek, and Cyrillic, this typeface is especially suitable for use in the humanities. For more information, please see www.brill.nl/brill-typeface. ISSN 0081-6914 ISBN 978 90 04 23158 0 (hardback) ISBN 978 90 04 23234 1 (e-book) Copyright 2012 by Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands. Koninklijke Brill NV incorporates the imprints Brill, Global Oriental, Hotei Publishing, IDC Publishers and Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, translated, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without prior written permission from the publisher. Authorization to photocopy items for internal or personal use is granted by Koninklijke Brill NV provided that the appropriate fees are paid directly to The Copyright Clearance Center, 222 Rosewood Drive, Suite 910, Danvers, MA 01923, USA. Fees are subject to change. This book is printed on acid-free paper. CONTENTS Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix This English Version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x PART I INTRODUCTION A Great Work of Poetry and the Competent Reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poetics and Competent Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . How Quality and Quantity Work Together: Two Examples . . . . . . . . The Way to the Text Itself: Knowledge and Foreknowledge, Decisive Authority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Remarks on the Translation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Notes to Part I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 5 10 14 22 25 PART II THE BOOK OF JOB A LITERARY TRANSLATION IN STROPHIC FORM Introductory Prose and Job’s Prologue (Curses and Complaint), Chs. 1–3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 The First Round of the Debate, Chs. 4–14 . . .