Frontmatter

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. I THE CASE OF JOB
4. 1 Job the Victim of his People 3
5. 2 Job the Idol of his People 10
6. 3 The Ancient Trail Trodden by the Wicked 14
7. II MYTHOLOGY AND TRUTH
8. 4 The Celestial Armies 21
9. 5 Realism and Transfiguration 29
10. 6 Oedipus and Job 33
11. 7 'Jezebel Trampled to Death under the Horses' Hooves' 41
12. III MIMESIS
13. 8 'A Whole Country Possessed by Saint Vitus's Dance' 49
14. 9 Psalm 73 55
15. 10 The Mountain Torrent 60
16. IV FROM MECHANISM TO RITUAL
17. 11 The Public Tophet 69
18. 12 The Orphan Chosen by Lots 74
19. 13 Origin and Repetition 81
20. 14 Job and the Sacred King 86
21. 15 The Evolution of Ritual 91
22. V THE VICTIM'S CONFESSION
23. 16 A Totalitarian Trial 111
24. 17 Retribution 118
25. 18 Job's Lapses 124
26. 19 'My Defender Lives' 138
27. 20 'A Bloody Ransom to Still the City's Frenzy' 146
28. 21 The God of Victims 154
29. Notes 169
30. Index 171