Overview

The 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.

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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.

“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.

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Franklin T. Harkins, Ph.D. (2005), University of Notre Dame, is Associate Professor of Historical Theology at the Boston College School of Theology and Ministry. He has published widely on scholastic theology and exegesis, including Reading and the Work of Restoration (PIMS, 2009). Aaron Canty, Ph.D. (2006), University of Notre Dame, is Professor of Religious Studies at Saint Xavier University in Chicago. He is the author of Light and Glory: The Transfiguration of Christ in Early Franciscan and Dominican Theology (CUA, 2011) and of numerous articles on medieval theology.

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