Yahweh Instructs Job on the Character of the Creation (Job 38:1–39:30)
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https://doi.org/10.12775/BPTh.2013.003Keywords
Creation, the Book of Job, the first speech of Jahwe, ecology in the BibleAbstract
The article is focusing on the first speech of Yahweh – out of the whirlwind – seeking to consider a reorientation presented in the speech (38:1–39:30). Yahweh’s description of the world gives insights that provide a guide for humans to relate to the earth, not as dominators, but as custodians. This fact bears consequences not only for Job and his audience, but is also relevant for the contemporary man.References
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