The Book of Job in Jewish Life and Thought Hou Gailing

The Book of Job in Jewish Life and Thought Hou GailingCritical essays on the work of ancient, medieval and modern Jewish writers to make sense of the book of Job, followed by a detailed survey of the place of Job in the Talmud and Midrashic corpus, in ethical, mystical and philosophical tracts, as well as in poetry and creative writing around the world from the second to sixteenth centuries.

A comprehensive introduction to the forms and various philosophical theories of communication

Highlights Munro's distinctive storytelling methods where everything becomes both 'touchable and mysterious'

This book is the first major attempt to examine the cultural manifestations of the demise of imperialism as a social and political ideology in post-war Britain

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they helped explain (away) poverty

Topics include: the causes of war

An illustrious collection of contributors

medieval Rome

oral histories and a striking range of films

linking contemporary drama with critical and cultural theory

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