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Friendship in the Book of Job
Mark S. Aidoo
其他書名
Art, Context, and Theology from an African Perspective
出版Wipf and Stock Publishers, 2024-11-07
主題Religion / Biblical Studies / Old Testament / Poetry & Wisdom LiteratureReligion / Biblical Studies / Old Testament / GeneralReligion / Biblical Criticism & Interpretation / Old Testament
ISBN16667772269781666777222
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=67YxEQAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋Friendship is an important aspect of human society and a virtue that lies at the heart of sub-Saharan African societies. This study explores the art of friendship in the book of Job and how it resonates in the sub-Saharan African setting. As a wisdom tradition, the story offers a critique of friendship and of appropriate action with reference to particular circumstances, institutions, and persons, showing how the speeches, actions, and inactions of the characters inform friendship identities. Readers are exposed to proverbs, parables, and sayings from African communities, which show the richness of African culture and ethos. The similarities and differences between Western and African traditional worldviews and views of friendship come out clearly in the communal values of relatedness, loyalty, collaboration, empowerment, and goodwill.