Difficult texts: Job 2.9 – the misunderstood Job’s wife
Job’s wife is a figure who is often given a negative image. She is considered an unfaithful wife who wants to tempt her husband to leave God. An exploration of the text of Job 2.9 shows that Job’s wife is a figure who is often misunderstood. She is a figure who is honest about suffering.
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2024
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| In: |
Theology
Year: 2024, Volume: 127, Issue: 4, Pages: 260-263 |
| IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament |
| Further subjects: | B
Honesty
B Suffering B Book of Job B Job’s wife |
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Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Summary: | Job’s wife is a figure who is often given a negative image. She is considered an unfaithful wife who wants to tempt her husband to leave God. An exploration of the text of Job 2.9 shows that Job’s wife is a figure who is often misunderstood. She is a figure who is honest about suffering. |
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| ISSN: | 2044-2696 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0040571X241264151 |