A context to frame the book of Job
This article examines the possibility to establish a context that can serve as a hermeneutic key to the interpretation of the book of Job. The reconstruction of a historic and social context is considered. Although this approach does contribute to the understanding of the book, there are certain co...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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1996
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Old Testament essays
Year: 1996, Volume: 9, Issue: 1, Pages: 9-19 |
| Further subjects: | B
Geographic setting
B Doctrine of retribution B Personal tensions B Monarchic period B Patriarchal age B Conventional wisdom literature B Israelite community profile B Hermeneutic key B Angelology B Time of Isaac B Historic context B Position of satan B Book of Job B Social social paradigms |
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| Summary: | This article examines the possibility to establish a context that can serve as a hermeneutic key to the interpretation of the book of Job. The reconstruction of a historic and social context is considered. Although this approach does contribute to the understanding of the book, there are certain constraints that must be kept in mind. In the book of Job the causality principle is undermined. In an analogous way, a direct relationship between context and text in the case of the book of Job cannot be uncritically accepted. If a primary context should be identified that can serve as a hermeneutic key, it can only be common human experience. |
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| ISSN: | 2312-3621 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Old Testament essays
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| Persistent identifiers: | HDL: 10520/AJA10109919_660 |