“For No Reason”
The words “for no reason” hang over Job's story like the sword of Damocles. When the sword falls, we are plunged into a world that seems to hold “no more beginnings.” Why Israel's scriptures should include such a story, and why this story seeds any new beginnings for life “east of Eden,” i...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Sage Publ.
2003
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Interpretation
Year: 2003, Volume: 57, Issue: 4, Pages: 349-369 |
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Summary: | The words “for no reason” hang over Job's story like the sword of Damocles. When the sword falls, we are plunged into a world that seems to hold “no more beginnings.” Why Israel's scriptures should include such a story, and why this story seeds any new beginnings for life “east of Eden,” is Job's question ... and ours. |
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ISSN: | 2159-340X |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Interpretation
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/002096430005700402 |