Bildad’s Contribution to the Debate—A New Interpretation of Job 8:17–19
This paper claims that in unit 8:16-19 Bildad attempts to answer the fundamental question: If Job and his children were “wild plants in the garden,” why weren’t they taken care of by society’s normal restraining arms, and there was need for heavenly intervention, which acts without explanation? The...
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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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2016
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| In: |
Vetus Testamentum
Year: 2016, Volume: 66, Issue: 3, Pages: 406-432 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Bible. Ijob 8,17-19
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| IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament |
| Further subjects: | B
retribution doctrine
garden
Job 8:16–19
plant metaphor
Bildad
uprooting wickedness
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| Online Access: |
Volltext (Publisher) |
