The Book of Job

John Gray who was Professor of Hebrew and Semitic Languages in the University of Aberdeen left at his death in 2000 a complete manuscript of a commentary on the Book of Job. Rich in text-critical and philological observations the manuscript has been carefully prepared for the press; it will soon become a standard work for scholars and students of the biblical book and a fitting tribute to the sound judgment and innovative scholarship of its author. John Gray was noted especially for his books The Legacy of Canaan (1957; 2nd edn 1964) The Biblical Doctrine of the Reign of God (1979) and his commentaries I and II Kings (1963; 2nd edn 1970) and Joshua Judges and Ruth (1967). Grays commentary on Job which is prefaced by a lengthy general introduction is the first volume in a new series of commentaries on the text of the Hebrew Bible. All the volumes will concentrate on the text criticism and philology of the Hebrew text a feature notably lacking or merely perfunctory in many current biblical commentary series.