Compassion in the cosmos: Reorienting our view of God in the book of Job

This essay reexamines Job 38:1–38, suggesting that the divine speeches may be interpreted not as rebuke but as an expression of God’s compassion. Engaging theological and literary insights, this study traces Job’s movement from isolation and anguish toward mystical communion with the cosmos. Groundi...

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Subtitles:From a Certain Point of View: Reading Texts in Contexts
Main Author: Krogen, Jill E. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 2025
In: Review and expositor
Year: 2025, Volume: 122, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 29-39
Further subjects:B divine speeches
B Theodicy
B Job 38
B Compassion
B Suffering
B Book of Job
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