Confronting Job’s Demons
The theme of demons connects three difficult passages in the Book of Job: Job’s curse on the day of his birth in 3:3-10, Eliphaz’s mocking censure of Job for that curse in 5:6-7, and 38:12-21, God’s challenge to Job for his appeal to demons. A crucial insight is provided by a Talmudic discussion of...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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De Gruyter
2021
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Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft
Year: 2021, Volume: 133, Issue: 4, Pages: 529-535 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Resheph
/ Demon
/ Apotropaic object
/ Bible. Psalmen 91
/ Bible. Ijob 3
/ Bible. Ijob 5
/ Bible. Ijob 38
/ Talmud
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| IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament HD Early Judaism |
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| Summary: | The theme of demons connects three difficult passages in the Book of Job: Job’s curse on the day of his birth in 3:3-10, Eliphaz’s mocking censure of Job for that curse in 5:6-7, and 38:12-21, God’s challenge to Job for his appeal to demons. A crucial insight is provided by a Talmudic discussion of demons and human suffering, which connects Job 5:6-7 to Psalm 91:5-8. |
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| ISSN: | 1613-0103 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1515/zaw-2021-4007 |