Language:
English
Year of publication:
2022
Titel der Quelle:
The Protests of Job
Angaben zur Quelle:
(2022) 11-30
Keywords:
Job
;
Bible. Theology
;
Bible. Criticism, interpretation, etc., Jewish
;
Bible. Criticism, interpretation, etc., Christian
;
God Righteousness
;
Biblical teaching
;
Suffering Biblical teaching
;
Theodicy Biblical teaching
Abstract:
Characterized as upright and God-fearing, Job is afflicted with devastating losses and suffering, even though no sins are attributed to him to warrant his hardships. Job protests his unfair treatment and charges God with wrongdoing as he hopes for vindication through accusation. But, how are such challenges to divine justice understood from a Jewish theological perspective? Are Job’s contentions against his Creator justified or do they constitute brazen iniquities? This analysis explores the pro-protest and anti-protest traditions within rabbinic literature in an effort to explicate the ambiguous biblical text and examine Judaism’s attitude towards diverse responses to the suffering of the righteous.
Abstract:
The author replies to the essays by Weiss and Rizvi, with special attention to the relationship between complaint and trust.
Abstract:
In this response to my colleagues’ chapters, I try to draw together some commonalities of theme in the notion of love and protest. I suggest some future directions in which we can reflect together theologically and philosophically on the common problems and challenges in Abrahamic theism.
Description / Table of Contents:
Davison, Scott A. Reply to Weiss and Rizvi. Ibid. 91-96.
Description / Table of Contents:
Rizvi, Sajjad H. Reply to Weiss and Davison. Ibid. 97-102.
DOI:
10.1007/978-3-030-95373-7_2
DOI:
10.1007/978-3-030-95373-7_7
DOI:
10.1007/978-3-030-95373-7_6
URL:
Locate this publication in Israeli libraries
