'Strike his bone and his flesh': Reading Job from the Beginning*
Following the destruction of Job's children and possessions in Job 1, traditional readings of ch. 2 understand the Satan to be demanding that Job himself be struck down as a test of his disinterested piety. Instead, this study argues that the Satan's language in Job 2 invites us to read it...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2008
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Journal for the study of the Old Testament
Year: 2008, Volume: 33, Issue: 1, Pages: 81-97 |
| Further subjects: | B
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B Life B flesh and bone B Genesis B Satan B Job's wife |
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| Summary: | Following the destruction of Job's children and possessions in Job 1, traditional readings of ch. 2 understand the Satan to be demanding that Job himself be struck down as a test of his disinterested piety. Instead, this study argues that the Satan's language in Job 2 invites us to read it from `the beginning' (Gen. 1—3) and that when we do, the Satan is seen to be demanding not Job's life, but rather his wife. Such a reading complicates traditional characterizations of Job's wife as merely the Satan's tool by introducing the idea that she is also Satan's target. |
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| ISSN: | 1476-6728 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal for the study of the Old Testament
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0309089208094461 |