How Long to Read Malbim's Job

How Long Does it Take to Read Malbim's Job?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 36 minutes to read Malbim's Job by Jeremy I. Pfeffer

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

R. Meir Lebush Malbim composed and published his monumental commentary on ?the Hebrew Bible between 1845 and 1870. It was the first work of its ?kind since medieval times. Not since the likes of Rashi, Gersonides and ?Abrabanel had a biblical commentary of comparable size and scope been written; ?and not since the golden age of Jewish philosophy had such a far ranging Jewish ?theology been formulated or had such a determined ?and focused attempt been made to grapple with the challenges presented by ?secular learning and mores to the loyalties of contemporary Jews.?On the narrative level, Malbim's interpretation of Job is quite straightforward; it is ?all a matter of tests and trials. The person Job is being tested; first by prosperity ?and then by adversity. It is, however, on other levels that Malbim's Job really ?comes into its own. Malbim believed the Massoretic (Hebrew) text of the Book of ?Job to be a coherent whole, that faithfully records what the book's original author, ?Moses, actually wrote. As such, its standing in matters of moral and natural ?philosophy must be on a par with that the Torah. Just ?as the whole of the Oral Law is inherent in the text of the Torah, so must all the ?wisdom of philosophy and metaphysics be present in the Book of Job, there in its ?poetry and imagery.?Moreover, Malbim asserted, whereas previous commentators had failed to show ?how the text of Job supported the philosophical affinities they had attributed to ?Job and his friends, or how these designations helped to elucidate the text, he ?claims to do both. Exhibiting an originality of interpretation and a love of the ?Hebrew language that matched the Haskalah of his contemporaries, Malbim finds ?support for all his ideas in the actual words of the Book of Job itself. Whether or ?not his interpretation is truly the sense of Job, what Malbim produced is ?undoubtedly a masterpiece of theology and exegesis.?

How long is Malbim's Job?

Malbim's Job by Jeremy I. Pfeffer is 268 pages long, and a total of 69,144 words.

This makes it 90% the length of the average book. It also has 85% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Malbim's Job Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 17 minutes to read Malbim's Job aloud.

What Reading Level is Malbim's Job?

Malbim's Job is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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