Why, God? A Tale of Two Sufferers
“Perhaps the book of Job will not make sense until we see it as turning away from the monarchial image of God and toward an image of God as vulnerable. Our failure to look forward, so to speak, in interpreting Job makes us like Job's friends who cannot speak rightly about God because they canno...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage Publ.
1986
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Theology today
Year: 1986, Volume: 42, Issue: 4, Pages: 423-434 |
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| Summary: | “Perhaps the book of Job will not make sense until we see it as turning away from the monarchial image of God and toward an image of God as vulnerable. Our failure to look forward, so to speak, in interpreting Job makes us like Job's friends who cannot speak rightly about God because they cannot break away from earlier patterns of thinking.” |
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| ISSN: | 2044-2556 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Theology today
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/004057368604200402 |