Job and the Disruption of Identity

Introduction

Part I The Problem of Obedience: Barth on Job

Chapter 1Barth''s Job as Both Right and Wrong

Chapter 2Obedience as Self-Examination: Barth on the Story of the Rich Man

Part II Does Job Fear God for Naught? A Rereading of Job

Chapter 3The Prose Narrative: Transforming Piety

Chapter 4The Poem

4.1. The Dialogue: Testing Integrity

4.2. The Whirlwind Speeches: Encountering Creation

Part III God, Job and Justice

Chapter 5Calling God to Account

Chapter 6An Integrity Beyond the Law

Part IV The Disruption and Transformation of the Self

Chapter 7The Problem of Obedience Revisited

Chapter 8 Epilogue: Self, Society and World

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