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This commentary on Job follows in the tradition of the NICOT series by providing an up-to-date evangelical commentary based on thorough scholarship. John E. Hartley deals carefully with this book whose language, text, and theology are not only among the most intriguing in the Old Testament but also among the most difficult to grasp. Hartley begins with a thorough introduction that treats matters...

genres freely to his own purpose. Thus the setting in the book is far more important in determining the function of each genre than its setting in life.8 For example, a description of the fate of the wicked, which usually serves to teach the moral order of the world, functions in 15:20–35 as a warning to Job. Thus for interpreting this work one must give careful attention to the interplay between a genre and its literary setting. XI. Message The message of the book of Job will be presented on two
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