Abstract

The meaning of Job 33:23–24 has never been unanimously explained. Since the antiquity commentators have struggled with its interpretation. The identity of mal’āk mēlîṣ and his actual task (23), as well as the meaning of kōper (ransom) and the actual subject of the second verse (24) are the most crucial problems that one must face when interpreting the two verses. The current paper is a first offers a survey of the most prominent solutions to the enigma of the concerned passage. Then the author goes on examining the text in order find answers to the four crucial issues mentioned above.

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