The “Wisdom Poem” in Job 28 and its Role in Job’s Final Discourse (Job 27–31)
This article offers a fresh interpretation of Job 28 suggesting that it reflects the devout manifestation of the conventional concept of wisdom endorsed by Job’s friends. Articulated by Job, this serves as a rhetorical device in his counterargument to traditional wisdom and his challenge of God hims...
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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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2025
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Vetus Testamentum
Year: 2025, Volume: 75, Issue: 4/5, Pages: 607-639 |
| Further subjects: | B
wisdom poems
B Wisdom B fear of god B Bible. Ijob 28 B divine wisdom B Old Testament B Wisdom literature |
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| Summary: | This article offers a fresh interpretation of Job 28 suggesting that it reflects the devout manifestation of the conventional concept of wisdom endorsed by Job’s friends. Articulated by Job, this serves as a rhetorical device in his counterargument to traditional wisdom and his challenge of God himself. The article further demonstrates that the “wisdom poem” is not an independent text but rather serves a distinct function in the rhetorical strategy of Job 27–31, which comprises Job’s final, emphatic rebuttal of his friends’ charges, framed as an oath of innocence. |
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| ISSN: | 1568-5330 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Vetus Testamentum
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