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Sto caricando le informazioni... Where Shall Wisdom be Found?: Calvin's Exegesis of Job from Medieval and Modern Perspectives (edizione 1994)di Susan E. Schreiner (Autore)
Informazioni sull'operaWhere Shall Wisdom be Found?: Calvin's Exegesis of Job from Medieval and Modern Perspectives di Susan E. Schreiner
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![]() Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. One star because I could not give less. Schreiner reviews the interpretation of the biblical Book of Job by biblical scholars from the first century to Calvin and Luther. In the opening chapter and on the final pages, Schreiner stated that there is nothing to be learned from Job. This is a nihilist position: nothing to see, nothing to learn. Her view seems to be that life, and faith, is a zero sum game. This book is not available in epub formats, including Kindle and LOGOS; the price was $54, the page length was 274 pages. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
Through countless retellings, from the Talmud to Archibald MacLeish and since, the story of Job has become a fixture in the cultural imagination of the West. In this study, Susan E. Schreiner analyzes interpretations of the Book of Job by Gregory the Great, Maimonides, Thomas Aquinas, and particularly John Calvin. Reading Calvin's interpretation of Job against the background of his most important medieval predecessors, Schreiner shows how central Job is to Calvin's struggles with issues of creation, the problem of evil, the meaning of history, and the doctrine of providence. For Calvin and his predecessors, Schreiner argues, the concept of intellectual perception is the key to an understanding of Job. The texts she examines constantly raise questions about the human capacity for knowledge: What can the sufferer who stands within history perceive about the self, God, and reality? Can humans truly perceive the workings of providence in their personal lives or in the tumult of history? Are evil and injustice a reality that we must confront before finding wisdom? In her final chapter, Schreiner turns to the wide array of twentieth-century interpretations of Job, including modern biblical commentaries, the work of Carl Jung, and literary transfigurations by Wells, MacLeish, Wiesel, and Kafka. The result is a compelling demonstration of how the history of exegesis can yield vital insights for contemporary culture. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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II. Maimonides and Aquinas on Job;
III. Suffering and Justice in Calvin's Sermons;
IV. Modern Readings of Job. (