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<p>Centre, Job sits covered with boils among the ashes. Wild boar are in the foreground (as a sign of the dirtiness of the place?). On the left the Sabaeans carry off Job's cattle, as mentioned in the book of Job (1.15) and in Petrarch ("wie auch den frommen Hiob die Sabey sein Herd hinfürten"). One of Petrarch's characters argues that ownership of livestock is not necessarily a blessing</p>

1 print : woodcut ; image and border 9.6 x 15.7 cm

Job. Woodcut attributed to the Petrarch Master, 1539.

1 print : line engraving ; platemark 21 x 24.9 cm

The torments of Job under a swirling sky dominated by God. Engraving by M. van Heemskerck, 1563.

xxxv, 308 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm

The iconography of Job through the centuries : artists as Biblical interpreters / Samuel Terrien.

Job afflicted with boils, with his wife and comforters. Woodcut after Virgil Solis, 1568.

1 print : engraving ; image 11.3 x 16.3 cm

Job and his comforters. Etching by R. Staines, 18--, after B. Picart.

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The belief of a future state proved to be a fundamental article of the religion of the Hebrews. And the doctrine of the ancient philosophers concerning a future state, shewn to be consistent with reason, and their belief of it demonstrated: and the whole system of heathen theology explained. With an appendix, concerning the genealogy and time of job. And some remarks on the fifth volume of the second part of Mr. Lardner's credibility of the gospel-history. By John Jackson, rector of Rossington, in the County of York, and master of Wigston's Hospital, in Leicester.

<p>The dishevelled woman in the foreground holds her hands to eyes in a gesture of madness</p>

1 print : line engraving with etching ; image 23.2 x 19.2 cm

Job giving alms to the sick. Engraving by H. Bourne, 1862, after W.C.T. Dobson.

Gaskell psychiatry series

lxiv, 166 pages, 5 leaves of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm.

Job's illness : loss, grief, and integration a psychological interpretation / by Jack Kahn, with Hester Solomon.

Pergamon international library of science, technology, engineering, and social studies

lxiv, 166 pages, 5 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm.

1 print : woodcut ; image and border 6.6 x 12 cm

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Job. Woodcut attributed to the Petrarch Master, 1539.

The torments of Job under a swirling sky dominated by God. Engraving by M. van Heemskerck, 1563.

The iconography of Job through the centuries : artists as Biblical interpreters / Samuel Terrien.

Job afflicted with boils, with his wife and comforters. Woodcut after Virgil Solis, 1568.

Job and his comforters. Etching by R. Staines, 18--, after B. Picart.

Job giving alms to the sick. Engraving by H. Bourne, 1862, after W.C.T. Dobson.

Job's illness : loss, grief, and integration a psychological interpretation / by Jack Kahn, with Hester Solomon.

Job's illness : loss, grief, and integration a psychological interpretation / by Jack Kahn, with Hester Solomon.

Job and his three friends: the speech of Eliphaz. Woodcut.

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Job. Woodcut attributed to the Petrarch Master, 1539.

The torments of Job under a swirling sky dominated by God. Engraving by M. van Heemskerck, 1563.

The iconography of Job through the centuries : artists as Biblical interpreters / Samuel Terrien.

Job afflicted with boils, with his wife and comforters. Woodcut after Virgil Solis, 1568.

Job and his comforters. Etching by R. Staines, 18--, after B. Picart.

Job giving alms to the sick. Engraving by H. Bourne, 1862, after W.C.T. Dobson.

Job's illness : loss, grief, and integration a psychological interpretation / by Jack Kahn, with Hester Solomon.

Job's illness : loss, grief, and integration a psychological interpretation / by Jack Kahn, with Hester Solomon.

Job and his three friends: the speech of Eliphaz. Woodcut.

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