Table of Contents: Introduction
Part I: The Problem of Obedience: Barth on Job1. Barth's Job as Both Right and Wrong
2. Obedience as Self-Examination: Barth on the Story of the Rich Man
Part II: Does Job Fear God for Naught? A Rereading of Job3. The Prose Narrative: Transforming Piety
4. The Poem
4.1. The Dialogue: Testing Integrity
4.2. The Whirlwind Speeches: Encountering Creation
Part III: God, Job and Justice5. Calling God to Account
6. An Integrity Beyond the Law
Part IV: The Disruption and Transformation of the Self7. The Problem of Obedience Revisited
8. Epilogue: Self, Society and World
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