title: Notes on Job 3
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metadata.value: Russell, James R.
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metadata.value: 2023-06-08T16:56:33Z
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metadata.value: 2023-06-08T16:56:33Z
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metadata.value: 2023-06
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metadata.value: Russell J. R. Notes on Job 3. Issues of Theology, 2023, vol. 5, no. 2, pp. 170–198. https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu28.2023.201
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metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu28.2023.201
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/41553
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metadata.value: In a reading of Job’s opening complaint in the third chapter of the Biblical book that
  avoids unnecessary emendation of the Hebrew text, it is suggested that the author attributes
  to Job the fatalistic belief that days are ordained to be good or evil and supernatural
  beings preside over such divisions of time. Accordingly, Job asserts that the
  sea monster Leviathan is destined to rise at the apocalyptic end of days and there are
  sorcerers whose spells are to raise him from the deeps. Along the same lines, the text
  introduces the striking image of edifices doomed even before their erection to become
  ruins. It is argued further that Job should be read as a satirical encounter with the Psalter
  in particular and with other, earlier texts of Scripture. Job is an eloquent, even witty
  tragic hero; his three friends, with their timid, conventional morality, resemble a Greek
  chorus: with introductions that look very like stage directions for characters, the book
  of Job displays a dramatic character, and can be compared in that respect to the classical
  Athenian theater. Passages from the pre-Socratic philosopher Heraclitus of Ephesus are
  also cited in the discussion. At several points, lyrics of English and American Romantic
  poets are adduced that resonate with the imagination of the author of the oration.
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metadata.value: en
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metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
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metadata.value: Issues of Theology;Volume 5; Issue 2
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Job
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: fate
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Psalms
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: theater
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metadata.value: satire
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metadata.value: Leviathan
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metadata.value: ruins
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Heraclitus of Ephesus
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Bundahišn
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metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: Notes on Job 3
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metadata.value: Article
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