Confronting Job’s Demons

Confronting Job’s Demons

The theme of demons connects three difficult passages in the Book of Job: Job’s curse on the day of his birth in 3:3–10, Eliphaz’s mocking censure of Job for that curse in 5:6–7, and 38:12–21, God’s challenge to Job for his appeal to demons. A crucial insight is provided by a Talmudic discussion of...

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Veröffentlicht in:Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche wissenschaft 2021-12, Vol.133 (4), p.529-535
1. Verfasser: Shnider, Steven
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
apotropaic
apotropaïque
apotropäisch
Aramaic Targum
aramäischer Targum
Babylonian Talmud
babylonischer Talmud
Body fluids
Censure
demons
Dämonen
démons
Jeremiah (Hebrew prophet)
New Testament
Psalm 91
Psaume 91
Resheph
Talmud de Babylone
targums
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Zusammenfassung:The theme of demons connects three difficult passages in the Book of Job: Job’s curse on the day of his birth in 3:3–10, Eliphaz’s mocking censure of Job for that curse in 5:6–7, and 38:12–21, God’s challenge to Job for his appeal to demons. A crucial insight is provided by a Talmudic discussion of demons and human suffering, which connects Job 5:6–7 to Psalm 91:5–8.
ISSN:0044-2526
1613-0103
DOI:10.1515/zaw-2021-4007