Contribution to Book
The Unreliable Narrator of Job
Religion - All Scholarship
ORCID
James W. Watts: 0000-0002-4872-4986
Document Type
Book Chapter
Date
1-1-2001
Keywords
- Job,
- Bible,
- Wayne Booth,
- unreliable narrator
Language
English
Disciplines
Description/Abstract
This essay by James W. Watts provides analysis on the book of Job, questioning previous interpretations of its narrative. Watts also compares the book of Job's narrative style to that of modern and historical authors. Watts argues that the author of the book of Job employed an unreliable narrator in the form of an omniscient charatcer, which attacked literative conventions of the time, but ultimately proved difficult for readers to understand.
Additional Information
Part of the JSOT Supplement Series (336).
Source
local input
Citation Information
Watts, James W. "The Unreliable Narrator of Job." The Whirlwind: Essays on Job, Hermeneutics, and Theology in Memory of Jane Morse. Ed. S.L. Cook, C.L. Patton, and James W. Watts. JSOT Supplement Series 336. London: Sheffield Academic Press, 2001. 168-80.