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Author Cook, Jonathan A. (Jonathan Alexander), 1953- author.

Title Inscrutable malice : theodicy, eschatology, and the biblical sources of Moby-Dick / Jonathan A. Cook
Published DeKalb, Illinois : NIU Press, 2012
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Description 1 online resource (358 pages)
Contents ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Bibliographical Note""; ""1�Joban Theodicy and Apocalyptic Eschatology""; ""2�Pilgrimage and Prophecy""; ""3�Chaos Monster and Unholy Warrior""; ""4�Cetology, Cosmology, Epistemology""; ""5�Comic and Tragic Variations""; ""6�Hubris and Heroism, Mortality and Immortality""; ""7�Combat and Catastrophe""; ""Epilogue""; ""Notes""; ""Selected Bibliography of Melville and Moby-Dick Studies""; ""Index""
Summary In 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
Analysis Herman Melville, comparative mythology, Old and New Testaments
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Melville, Herman, 1819-1891. Moby Dick.
SUBJECT Moby Dick (Melville, Herman) fast
Subject Theodicy in literature.
Eschatology in literature.
Eschatology in literature
Theodicy in literature
Form Electronic book
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