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Erschienen in: Journal of Religion and Health 2/2009

01.06.2009 | Original Paper

Job’s Story and Family Health

verfasst von: Anthony F. Badalamenti

Erschienen in: Journal of Religion and Health | Ausgabe 2/2009

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Abstract

This paper examines the book of Job for encoded psychological meaning. Its main conclusion is that the story imagery expresses a need to rectify fatherly and parental oblivion for a child who is the object of the destructive envy of a sibling. A family dynamic is constructed from the story’s repeated emphasis of Job’s blamelessness and the story’s position that Satan both proposes and causes Job’s sufferings. The emergent family model sees Job as representing a son, Satan an envious rival, and God a father or parent(s). This paper proposes that Job’s story may be reactive to a period where male authority was at risk of becoming excessive, threatening family and community health.
Fußnoten
1
This, and all references to Job, are referred to the Jerusalem Bible (1996).
 
2
Such numbering is added to the longer quotations throughout this paper.
 
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Metadaten
Titel
Job’s Story and Family Health
verfasst von
Anthony F. Badalamenti
Publikationsdatum
01.06.2009
Verlag
Springer US
Erschienen in
Journal of Religion and Health / Ausgabe 2/2009
Print ISSN: 0022-4197
Elektronische ISSN: 1573-6571
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-008-9190-1

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