Death and Horrors
The article offers religious insights on death and horror based on selected verses of the book of Job and Hebrews in the Holy Scripture. It introduces the biblical character Job, whose virtue and piety are being praised by God, and relates his sufferings in the hand of Satan. It is emphasized that t...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage
[2009]
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| In: |
The expository times
Year: 2009, Volume: 120, Issue: 12, Pages: 596-598 |
| Further subjects: | B
Bible. Job
B Fear Religious aspects B Death Religious aspects Christianity B Horror B Suffering Religious aspects B JOB (Biblical figure) B BIBLE. Old Testament. Hebrew B Christianity B Jesus Christ |
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| Summary: | The article offers religious insights on death and horror based on selected verses of the book of Job and Hebrews in the Holy Scripture. It introduces the biblical character Job, whose virtue and piety are being praised by God, and relates his sufferings in the hand of Satan. It is emphasized that the fortunes of Job have been restored after all those sufferings. The problem of death, the way Jesus Christ conquers fear and the optimism about the power of humans detailed in the book of Hebrews are explained. |
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| ISSN: | 1745-5308 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The expository times
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0014524609106985 |