Job 9, 16, 19 (Job's "Redeemer"‪)‬ The Two Testaments

Episode on Job’s “Redeemer” is Live
Join us as Brennan Breed (Columbia Theological Seminary) talks to us about Job’s “Redeemer” in Job 9, 16, and 19. We discuss a number of things including: the translation of the famous passage in Job 19:25–27, its place in the book, the history of its interpretation, the metaphors it draws on, and its connections with passages elsewhere in the Bible, including Psalm 88, Jeremiah, Genesis 15–18, and Romans.
Relevant work by Brennan Breed
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* Nomadic Text: A Theory of Biblical Reception History. Indiana University Press, 2014.
* “Reading Job as a Kierkegaardian Text: The Incarnation of Indirect Communication.” Biblical Interpretation 24 (2016): 127–152.
This Week’s Blurbs
In this episode, Brennan Breed recommends:
* Jennings, Willie James. After Whiteness: An Education in Belonging. Eerdmans, 2020.
* Ellis Mandolins.
Other Books and Articles Mentioned in This Episode
* Buechner, Frederick. Peculiar Treasures: A Biblical Who’s Who. HarperOne, 1993.
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