@article{ART002093367},
author={Kim Jin Myung},
title={A Study on the Lists of Property and the Change of God’s Name in the Prologue and the Epilogue of Job: Focused on the Texts of 1:1-5 and 42:12-13},
journal={Korean Journal of Old Testament Studies},
issn={1229-0521},
year={2016},
volume={22},
number={1},
pages={102-124},
doi={10.24333/jkots.2016.22.1.102}
TY - JOUR
AU - Kim Jin Myung
TI - A Study on the Lists of Property and the Change of God’s Name in the Prologue and the Epilogue of Job: Focused on the Texts of 1:1-5 and 42:12-13
JO - Korean Journal of Old Testament Studies
PY - 2016
VL - 22
IS - 1
PB - Korean Society of Old Testament Studies
SP - 102
EP - 124
SN - 1229-0521
AB - This paper aims to study the literary function and theological meaning of Job 1:1-5 and 42:12-13. Especially the list of property of Job in Job 1:2-3 (prologue) is literally echoed in 42:12-13 (epilogue). These two texts make an 'inclusio' which is a rhetorical and literary structure, and there are some changes in them. The change of the appellation of God (Elohim → YHWH) is the most important. What is the purpose of Job’s writer in regard to this change? Most former interpreters of Job 1:1-5 have not taken much interest in the list of Job’s property (1:2-3; 42:12-13). The present study, however, explores the rhetorical structure and function of 1:1-5 (2-3) and its theological meaning as an ‘inclusio’ of the proclamation of YHWH. The assumption is that the Hebrew tale of Job is connected with the common tradition (traditum) of the suffering-literature of Ancient Near Eastern texts and that it includes the process of Israelization of the tradition (traditio).
By using a rhetorical critical method, this study compared and analyzed the texts in the book of Job (introduction, chaps. 1-2 (1:14-18); conclusion, 42:7-17 (12-13)), which are connected with the lists of Job’s property. In the process of this research, the dual function of Job 1:1-5 was identified not only as a small intro to the introduction (chaps. 1-2) but also as an intro to the whole book (chaps. 1-42). The conclusion was also reached that the writer of the book of Job tried to propose a religious message through this literary structure and rhetorical devices: ‘Elohim’ as a common god of the Ancient Near Eastern world (traditum) is Israel’s ‘YHWH,’ who is the Lord of life, the first and the last, the Creator of the world, and the real giver of blessings (traditio).
Through this study, it was proved that one of the purposes of writing this book is to deliver such a religious message to the Ancient Near Eastern world. This interpretation can help us to understand the timeless lesson of the book of Job and its identity as one of the religious canonical books in the Old Testament.
KW - YHWH;Elohim;Job;the llist of property;inclusio
DO - 10.24333/jkots.2016.22.1.102
ER -
Kim Jin Myung. (2016). A Study on the Lists of Property and the Change of God’s Name in the Prologue and the Epilogue of Job: Focused on the Texts of 1:1-5 and 42:12-13. Korean Journal of Old Testament Studies, 22(1), 102-124.
Kim Jin Myung. 2016, "A Study on the Lists of Property and the Change of God’s Name in the Prologue and the Epilogue of Job: Focused on the Texts of 1:1-5 and 42:12-13", Korean Journal of Old Testament Studies, vol.22, no.1 pp.102-124. Available from: doi:10.24333/jkots.2016.22.1.102
Kim Jin Myung "A Study on the Lists of Property and the Change of God’s Name in the Prologue and the Epilogue of Job: Focused on the Texts of 1:1-5 and 42:12-13" Korean Journal of Old Testament Studies 22.1 pp.102-124 (2016) : 102.
Kim Jin Myung. A Study on the Lists of Property and the Change of God’s Name in the Prologue and the Epilogue of Job: Focused on the Texts of 1:1-5 and 42:12-13. 2016; 22(1), 102-124. Available from: doi:10.24333/jkots.2016.22.1.102
Kim Jin Myung. "A Study on the Lists of Property and the Change of God’s Name in the Prologue and the Epilogue of Job: Focused on the Texts of 1:1-5 and 42:12-13" Korean Journal of Old Testament Studies 22, no.1 (2016) : 102-124.doi: 10.24333/jkots.2016.22.1.102
Kim Jin Myung. A Study on the Lists of Property and the Change of God’s Name in the Prologue and the Epilogue of Job: Focused on the Texts of 1:1-5 and 42:12-13. Korean Journal of Old Testament Studies, 22(1), 102-124. doi: 10.24333/jkots.2016.22.1.102
Kim Jin Myung. A Study on the Lists of Property and the Change of God’s Name in the Prologue and the Epilogue of Job: Focused on the Texts of 1:1-5 and 42:12-13. Korean Journal of Old Testament Studies. 2016; 22(1) 102-124. doi: 10.24333/jkots.2016.22.1.102
Kim Jin Myung. A Study on the Lists of Property and the Change of God’s Name in the Prologue and the Epilogue of Job: Focused on the Texts of 1:1-5 and 42:12-13. 2016; 22(1), 102-124. Available from: doi:10.24333/jkots.2016.22.1.102
Kim Jin Myung. "A Study on the Lists of Property and the Change of God’s Name in the Prologue and the Epilogue of Job: Focused on the Texts of 1:1-5 and 42:12-13" Korean Journal of Old Testament Studies 22, no.1 (2016) : 102-124.doi: 10.24333/jkots.2016.22.1.102
