@article{ART002915919},
author={류사라},
title={An Equivocal Meaning of “God has hedged in” in Job 3:23},
journal={Korean Journal of Old Testament Studies},
issn={1229-0521},
year={2022},
volume={28},
number={4},
pages={69-97},
doi={10.24333/jkots.2022.28.4.69}

TY - JOUR
AU - 류사라
TI - An Equivocal Meaning of “God has hedged in” in Job 3:23
JO - Korean Journal of Old Testament Studies
PY - 2022
VL - 28
IS - 4
PB - Korean Society of Old Testament Studies
SP - 69
EP - 97
SN - 1229-0521
AB - This study attempts to make the message of Job meaningful to modern readers by observing the small meaning hidden in the language, text, rhetorical position, and arrangement in the Hebrew Bible. This study presents that "surrounded by God" in Job 3:23 is used by Job to denote confinement without an exit, blocking the way of Job. But earlier in Job 1:10, in Satan's accusation in the prologue, it was first used to imply protecting all. These two meanings thus make a semantic collision. In Job 3, Job's lamentations continue to yearn for death until verse 23. As a result of investigations, the meaning of "the way was hidden" in v. 23a reveals that God had hidden the path to the death Job longed for, and Job's frustrations was exacerbated by being "surrouned by God" in v. 23b. This indicates that the possible way was blocked by God. On the contrary, in 1:10, it is used by Satan in a sense of protection. I argue that this semantic clash could be seen as a rhetorical device to reveal the author's ultimate intentions. This suggests that blocking with death makes the protection of life more revealing. Although Job longed for death to escape from suffering, he pointed to God's action as the cause of his inability to die. God has hidden and blocked the way to death. God protected Job from death.
KW - The Book of Job;Job 3:23. equivocal meaning;rhetorical observation;semantics.
DO - 10.24333/jkots.2022.28.4.69
ER -

류사라. (2022). An Equivocal Meaning of “God has hedged in” in Job 3:23. Korean Journal of Old Testament Studies, 28(4), 69-97.

류사라. 2022, "An Equivocal Meaning of “God has hedged in” in Job 3:23", Korean Journal of Old Testament Studies, vol.28, no.4 pp.69-97. Available from: doi:10.24333/jkots.2022.28.4.69

류사라 "An Equivocal Meaning of “God has hedged in” in Job 3:23" Korean Journal of Old Testament Studies 28.4 pp.69-97 (2022) : 69.

류사라. An Equivocal Meaning of “God has hedged in” in Job 3:23. 2022; 28(4), 69-97. Available from: doi:10.24333/jkots.2022.28.4.69

류사라. "An Equivocal Meaning of “God has hedged in” in Job 3:23" Korean Journal of Old Testament Studies 28, no.4 (2022) : 69-97.doi: 10.24333/jkots.2022.28.4.69

류사라. An Equivocal Meaning of “God has hedged in” in Job 3:23. Korean Journal of Old Testament Studies, 28(4), 69-97. doi: 10.24333/jkots.2022.28.4.69

류사라. An Equivocal Meaning of “God has hedged in” in Job 3:23. Korean Journal of Old Testament Studies. 2022; 28(4) 69-97. doi: 10.24333/jkots.2022.28.4.69

류사라. An Equivocal Meaning of “God has hedged in” in Job 3:23. 2022; 28(4), 69-97. Available from: doi:10.24333/jkots.2022.28.4.69

류사라. "An Equivocal Meaning of “God has hedged in” in Job 3:23" Korean Journal of Old Testament Studies 28, no.4 (2022) : 69-97.doi: 10.24333/jkots.2022.28.4.69