Autor: Purcell, Brendan M.

Buch: The Drama of Humanity

Titel: The Drama of Humanity

Stichwort: Job,

Kurzinhalt:

Textausschnitt: #1 JOB'S ZERO-CONDITION AS EVERYMAN'S
#2 JOB'S REJECTION OF GENESIS
#3 THE FRIENDS' THEOLOGY OF SUCCESS
#4 JOB'S INNER GROWTH AND DEEPENING CONFIDENCE IN GOD
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Already in the Prologue, the basic theme of the story has unfolded: the clash between two ways of relationship, one based on utilitarian calculation, the other based on the intrinsic worth of the other, for whom any sacrifice can be made. God is shown not as using Job like a plaything, but as having an unbreakable confidence that this figure, externally and physically reduced to zero, is capable of loving Him for His own sake and not at all for what he can get out of that relationship.