Philosophical and Theological Perspectives on the Figure of Job : The Disruptive Challenges of God /

Philosophical and Theological Perspectives on the Figure of Job : The Disruptive Challenges of God /

The Book of Job remains one of the most profound and unsettling texts in religious and philosophical thought, raising timeless questions about suffering, justice, and the human relationship with the divine. Philosophical and Theological Perspectives on the Figure of Job brings together a diverse col...

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Other Authors: Bravo, Nassim (Editor), Charpenel, Eduardo (Editor), López-Farjeat, Luis Xavier (Editor)

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2026.

Series: Philosophy of History and Culture ; 41.
Religious Studies, Theology and Philosophy E-Books Online, Collection 2026.

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Biblical Studies.
Literature and Cultural Studies.
Philosophy.

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Call Number: BS709.4

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Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments
  • List of Figures
  • Notes on Contributors
  • Introduction
  • Nassim Bravo, Eduardo Charpenel, and Luis Xavier López-Farjeat
  • Part 1 Job in Philosophical and Theological Reflection
  • 1 Kant's Reformulation of Theodicy: Job and Negative Wisdom
  • Eduardo Charpenel
  • 2 William Blake's Visual Interpretation of the Book of Job
  • Ben Myers
  • 3 Kierkegaard on Poverty: Job, Seneca, and Christ
  • Matías Wende
  • Part 2 Job in Comparative Theology and Political Thought
  • 4 Job [Ayyūb] in the Qurʾān: A Discussion on Restorative Justice from Islamic Kalām
  • Luis Xavier López-Farjeat
  • 5 God's Cosmic Order in Arabic Words: The Translation of Job in Codex Sinai Arabic 1
  • Juan Pedro Monferrer-Sala
  • 6 Utopia in Translation: Decolonial Theologico-Political Resonance of the Book of Job in the Present
  • Silvana Rabinovich
  • 7 René Girard on Job: Mimetism and Scapegoating
  • Vicente de Haro
  • Part 3 Job in Existential and Ethical Debate
  • 8 The Legitimacy of Lament: The Book of Job as a Laboratory
  • Günter Thomas
  • 9 Job and the Search for Justice: A Case of Inequality Aversion
  • Jon Stewart
  • Part 4 Job as a Prototype for Literary and Cultural Commentary
  • 10 Kierkegaard and the Many Faces of Job
  • Lee C. Barrett
  • 11 Believer, Sufferer, Innocent: Kierkegaard as a Reader of the Book of Job
  • Giulia Longo
  • 12 Confessing Exile: María Zambrano and the Book of Job
  • Ethel Junco and Claudio Calabrese
  • Index of Persons
  • Index of Subjects.