@article{ART002547831},
author={Cha-Yong Ku},
title={“We accept always the good from God, don’t the bad as well?” (Job 2:10): A Biblical Theological Study on Job's Theodicy},
journal={Korean Journal of Old Testament Studies},
issn={1229-0521},
year={2019},
volume={25},
number={4},
pages={191-220},
doi={10.24333/jkots.2019.25.4.191}
TY - JOUR
AU - Cha-Yong Ku
TI - “We accept always the good from God, don’t the bad as well?” (Job 2:10): A Biblical Theological Study on Job's Theodicy
JO - Korean Journal of Old Testament Studies
PY - 2019
VL - 25
IS - 4
PB - Korean Society of Old Testament Studies
SP - 191
EP - 220
SN - 1229-0521
AB - The problem of theodicy is an important issue to be discussed in the history of human
beings over time and space, but it is very difficult to find an appropriate answer for it.
Nevertheless, the book of Job discusses the problem of theodicy, especially the suffering of
a righteous person, as the most important subject. The book of Job has a frame structure
composed of the prose section of the front and back and the poetic section of the middle,
which is to clarify the debate on the theodicy. Inside this frame structure is a hermeneutic
premise that prevents readers from misunderstanding this subject. In other words, Job
is a righteous man, and Job's suffering is determined by God in the heavenly council. At
the same time, in the frame structure an answer is implied to the problem of theodicy.
The broad spectrum of the poetic dialogue shows what human nature is and what ideal
a man can have in front of God, and it especially examines all kinds of possibilities of a
suffering righteous. Although it cannot be said that it is providing the right answer, it can
nevertheless recognize the value of being a set of common ideas that mankind can have on
the subject. The clear answers and conclusions of the endless discussion are already implied
throughout the whole plot, but they are ultimately evident in the utterances of God and in
Job’s last confession of 42:1-6. It is that the problem of theodicy is never solved in human
knowledge and wisdom. Because the problem of theodicy is the question of God's work in
the human aspect, but the solution can be presented only from God.
It is as if this discussion were beyond the wisdom of a two-dimensional human being,
and therefore can never be answered here, but can only be solved by expanding the
dimension of discussion through the intervention of God as the Creator. It is concluded
that human beings can finally achieve the solution of this problem only by acknowledging
these facts.
KW - the book of Job;the problem of theodicy;Tun-Ergehen-Zusammenhang;the suffering of a righteous person;the frame structure of the book of Job
DO - 10.24333/jkots.2019.25.4.191
ER -
Cha-Yong Ku. (2019). “We accept always the good from God, don’t the bad as well?” (Job 2:10): A Biblical Theological Study on Job's Theodicy. Korean Journal of Old Testament Studies, 25(4), 191-220.
Cha-Yong Ku. 2019, "“We accept always the good from God, don’t the bad as well?” (Job 2:10): A Biblical Theological Study on Job's Theodicy", Korean Journal of Old Testament Studies, vol.25, no.4 pp.191-220. Available from: doi:10.24333/jkots.2019.25.4.191
Cha-Yong Ku "“We accept always the good from God, don’t the bad as well?” (Job 2:10): A Biblical Theological Study on Job's Theodicy" Korean Journal of Old Testament Studies 25.4 pp.191-220 (2019) : 191.
Cha-Yong Ku. “We accept always the good from God, don’t the bad as well?” (Job 2:10): A Biblical Theological Study on Job's Theodicy. 2019; 25(4), 191-220. Available from: doi:10.24333/jkots.2019.25.4.191
Cha-Yong Ku. "“We accept always the good from God, don’t the bad as well?” (Job 2:10): A Biblical Theological Study on Job's Theodicy" Korean Journal of Old Testament Studies 25, no.4 (2019) : 191-220.doi: 10.24333/jkots.2019.25.4.191
Cha-Yong Ku. “We accept always the good from God, don’t the bad as well?” (Job 2:10): A Biblical Theological Study on Job's Theodicy. Korean Journal of Old Testament Studies, 25(4), 191-220. doi: 10.24333/jkots.2019.25.4.191
Cha-Yong Ku. “We accept always the good from God, don’t the bad as well?” (Job 2:10): A Biblical Theological Study on Job's Theodicy. Korean Journal of Old Testament Studies. 2019; 25(4) 191-220. doi: 10.24333/jkots.2019.25.4.191
Cha-Yong Ku. “We accept always the good from God, don’t the bad as well?” (Job 2:10): A Biblical Theological Study on Job's Theodicy. 2019; 25(4), 191-220. Available from: doi:10.24333/jkots.2019.25.4.191
Cha-Yong Ku. "“We accept always the good from God, don’t the bad as well?” (Job 2:10): A Biblical Theological Study on Job's Theodicy" Korean Journal of Old Testament Studies 25, no.4 (2019) : 191-220.doi: 10.24333/jkots.2019.25.4.191
