Eaton J.H. Job

Sheffield Academic Press, 1987. — 81 p. — (Old Testament Guides)The primary aim of this introduction is to achieve a sympathetic reading of this enigmantic book, informed by an awareness of the main critical issues. It offers firstly a 'guided reading' of the whole book, followed by a discussion of topics such as its basis in folk-tale, the poet's audience, and the themes of the various parts of the book as well as of the whole.