Language:
English
Year of publication:
2023
Titel der Quelle:
Hebrew Bible and Ancient Israel
Angaben zur Quelle:
12,3 (2023) 266-281
Keywords:
Job
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Bible. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
;
Knowledge, Theory of, in the Bible
;
Debates and debating
Abstract:
This article excavates the epistemology of several modes of justification used by the characters in the book of Job. After a short survey of the types of »arguments from authority« used by Job's friends, I highlight the epistemology of some critical and rational ways of argumentation used by the different characters in the book, especially, but not only, Job. Personal experience, self-reflective thinking and secondorder thinking, questions of definition, and the principle of impartiality all argue for implementing a critical, rational, and even judicial desire for objectivity in wisdom disputation, which goes beyond arguments justified by authority.
DOI:
10.1628/hebai-2023-0019
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