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Allusive and Elusive: Allusion and the Elihu Speeches of Job 32â37
Series: - Biblical Interpretation Series, Volume: 198
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Elihu is among the most diversely evaluated characters in the Hebrew Bible. Attending to the inner-Joban allusions in the Elihu speeches (Job 32â37) provides both an explanation and appreciation for this diversity. After carefully defining allusion, this work identifies and interprets twenty-three allusions in Job 32â37 that refer to Job 1â31 in order to understand both their individual significance in the Elihu speeches and their collective significance as a compositional feature of the unit. This allusiveness is shown to both invite and explain the varied assessments of Elihuâs merits in the history of interpretation.
Elihu is among the most diversely evaluated characters in the Hebrew Bible. Attending to the inner-Joban allusions in the Elihu speeches (Job 32â37) provides both an explanation and appreciation for this diversity. After carefully defining allusion, this work identifies and interprets twenty-three allusions in Job 32â37 that refer to Job 1â31 in order to understand both their individual significance in the Elihu speeches and their collective significance as a compositional feature of the unit. This allusiveness is shown to both invite and explain the varied assessments of Elihuâs merits in the history of interpretation.
Cooper Smith, Ph.D. (2019), Wheaton College, is Adjunct Instructor at Trinity Christian College (Palos Heights, IL) and Trinity Evangelical Divinity School (Deerfield, IL). He has published and presented on a variety of topics related to the book of Job and inner-biblical intertextuality.
Those interested in the interpretation of the final form of the Book of Job (especially Job 32â37), the identification and function of biblical allusions within a single book as well as those interested in a constructive definition of allusion with full engagement with relevant literary theory.