Preface Synopsis of the
Book of Job
1 The Origins of the Book of Job
2 The Personalities in the Book of Job
Job and his Companions
Satan
The God of Job
3 The Workings of Providence
4 Medieval Commentaries on the Book of Job
R. Saadiah Gaon
R. Abraham Ibn Ezra
The Rashi School
R. Moses ben Maimon: Maimonides
R. Moses ben Nachman: Nahmanides
R. Levi ben Gershon: Gersonides
R. Joseph Caspi
Rabbeinu Bachya ben Asher
R. Zerahiah ben Isaac ben Shaltiel Gracian
5 R. Simeon ben Zemah Duran’s Commentary on
the Book of Job
Pointers to the Chapters
6 The Challenge of the New Apodosis
Appendix I Ibn Ezra’s Summary of his Commentary
on the Book of Job
Appendix II Published Medieval Commentaries
on the Book of Job
Glossary of Hebrew Terms
Bibliography
Index
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“A scholarly work, it begins
with a synopsis before moving on to introduce the personalities
of the book and the way in which providence is understood in
other books of the Old Testament. The rest of the book is devoted
to a series of mediaeval commentaries by the greatest scholars
of their day, struggling as we do to explain why bad things
happen to good people…In this case, the author is trained
as a physicist but has steeped himself deeply in the text and
takes the reader along with him on his quest.” Scientific
and Medical Network Review
“In the last chapter Pfeffer brings his treatise closer
to our own times by considering the works of Spinoza and Malbim
of the 17th and 19th centuries respectively. Worthwhile for the
advanced student of the Book of Job.” AJL Newsletter |
