The Book of Job as a Thought Experiment: On Science, Religion, and Literature

This paper presents a philosophical critique of the proposal that the Book of Job is a theological thought experiment about divine providence. Eight possible objections are entertained. They guide the discussion of the proposal. It is concluded that the proposal has more merits than perils.

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1. VerfasserIn: Fehige, Joerg H. Y. 1976- (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: MDPI [2019]
In: Religions
Jahr: 2019, Band: 10, Heft: 2, Seiten: 1-12
weitere Schlagwörter:B literary cognitivism
B metatheology
B Evil
B Revelation
B Biblical Hermeneutics
B Metaphilosophy
B Fiction
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Zusammenfassung:This paper presents a philosophical critique of the proposal that the Book of Job is a theological thought experiment about divine providence. Eight possible objections are entertained. They guide the discussion of the proposal. It is concluded that the proposal has more merits than perils.
ISSN:2077-1444
Enthält:Enthalten in: Religions
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.3390/rel10020077