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084 _aonline - DeGruyter
100 1 _aCook, Jonathan A.
_eautore
245 1 0 _aInscrutable Malice :
_bTheodicy, Eschatology, and the Biblical Sources of "Moby-Dick" /
_cJonathan A. Cook.
264 1 _aIthaca, NY :
_bCornell University Press,
_c[2021]
264 4 _c©2012
300 _a1 online resource (358 p.)
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505 0 0 _tFrontmatter --
_tContents --
_tPreface --
_tBibliographical Note --
_tCHAPTER ONE Joban Theodicy and Apocalyptic Eschatology --
_tCHAPTER TWO Pilgrimage and Prophecy --
_tCHAPTER THREE Chaos Monster and Unholy Warrior --
_tCHAPTER FOUR Cetology, Cosmology, Epistemology --
_tCHAPTER FIVE Comic and Tragic Variations --
_tCHAPTER SIX Hubris and Heroism, Mortality and Immortality --
_tCHAPTER SEVEN Combat and Catastrophe --
_tEpilogue --
_tNotes --
_tSelected Bibliography of Melville and Moby-Dick Studies --
_tIndex
506 0 _arestricted access
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520 _aIn Inscrutable Malice, Jonathan A. Cook expertly illuminates Melville's abiding preoccupation with the problem of evil and the dominant role of the Bible in shaping his best-known novel. Drawing on recent research in the fields of biblical studies, the history of religion, and comparative mythology, Cook provides a new interpretation of Moby-Dick that places Melville's creative adaptation of the Bible at the center of the work.Cook identifies two ongoing concerns in the narrative in relation to their key biblical sources: the attempt to reconcile the goodness of God with the existence of evil, as dramatized in the book of Job; and the discourse of the Christian end-times involving the final destruction of evil, as found in the apocalyptic books and eschatological passages of the Old and New Testaments.With his detailed reading of Moby-Dick in relation to its most important source text, Cook greatly expands the reader's understanding of the moral, religious, and mythical dimensions of the novel.  Both accessible and erudite, Inscrutable Malice will appeal to scholars, students, and enthusiasts of Melville's classic whaling narrative.
530 _aIssued also in print.
538 _aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546 _aIn English.
588 0 _aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mrz 2022)
650 0 _aEschatology in literature.
650 0 _aTheodicy in literature.
650 4 _aBible Studies.
650 4 _aLiterary Studies.
650 4 _aReligious Studies.
650 7 _aRELIGION / Christianity / Literature & the Arts.
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653 _aHerman Melville, comparative mythology, Old and New Testaments.
850 _aIT-RoAPU
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