The ancient mediterranean values of ''honour and shame'' as a hermeneutical lens of reading the book of Job

The book of Job is here read through the ancient Near Eastern values of honour and shame and also in relationship to its placing within Wisdom literature. This article points out the fact that the book of Job goes beyond focus of wisdom whose primary concern is navigating life successfully. For Job,...

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Autor principal: Mbuvi, Andrew Mũtũa (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Artículo
Lenguaje:Inglés
Verificar disponibilidad: HBZ Gateway
Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Publicado: 2010
En: Old Testament essays
Año: 2010, Volumen: 23, Número: 3, Páginas: 752-768
Acceso en línea: Volltext (kostenfrei)
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Sumario:The book of Job is here read through the ancient Near Eastern values of honour and shame and also in relationship to its placing within Wisdom literature. This article points out the fact that the book of Job goes beyond focus of wisdom whose primary concern is navigating life successfully. For Job, it is the concern of what Gustavo Guttiérez calls disinterested faith that puts God's honour at the centre of his struggles.
ISSN:2312-3621
Obras secundarias:Enthalten in: Old Testament essays
Persistent identifiers:HDL: 10520/EJC86069