Job and His Friends: A Conflict of Moral Imaginations

Two profound yet incompatible moral imaginations confront each other in the attempt to address Job's experience of turmoil That of the friends is grounded in a deep sense of the moral nature of creation. Job's moral imagination takes shape through an act of witness that attempts to create...

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Main Author: Newsom, Carol A. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 1999
In: Interpretation
Year: 1999, Volume: 53, Issue: 3, Pages: 239-253
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Summary:Two profound yet incompatible moral imaginations confront each other in the attempt to address Job's experience of turmoil That of the friends is grounded in a deep sense of the moral nature of creation. Job's moral imagination takes shape through an act of witness that attempts to create a community of answerability before God.
ISSN:2159-340X
Contains:Enthalten in: Interpretation
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/002096439905300302