Job's sister: Undermining an unnatural religiosity
This paper contends that the problem of unexplained suffering is an important theme in the Book of Ruth. The view that Naomi accepts guilt or suffers because of the guilt of others is rejected. Special attention is paid to her words of resentment (Ruth 1:13; 1:20-21) and to the role of the women...
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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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1993
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| In: |
Old Testament essays
Year: 1993, Volume: 6, Issue: 3, Pages: 312-329 |
| Further subjects: | B
Naomi
B Doctrine of retribution B Book of Ruth B Justice of God B Yahweh's favour B Problem of suffering B Book of Job |
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| Summary: | This paper contends that the problem of unexplained suffering is an important theme in the Book of Ruth. The view that Naomi accepts guilt or suffers because of the guilt of others is rejected. Special attention is paid to her words of resentment (Ruth 1:13; 1:20-21) and to the role of the women's chorus (1: 19-20; 4:14-15, 17a). The handling of the problem of suffering and resentment is compared with the occurrence of the motif in the Book of Job. It is concluded that the satisfactory ending of the story is possible not in spite of, but because of Naomi's resentment, and that a religiosity which scorns bitterness towards God is undermined as being unnatural. |
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| ISSN: | 2312-3621 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Old Testament essays
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| Persistent identifiers: | HDL: 10520/AJA10109919_506 |
