Book Of Job Thesis

The Bible, from its inception, has been translated into many languages and has been interpreted many ways. Which method of interpretation is most appropriate is a hot debate in Christianity today.

This paper is an exegesis study of the Book of Job, which historical account, or perhaps moral folk tale, is set around the time of Abraham that makes it one of the oldest books of the Bible. In fact, its content seems to predate Genesis. Job is one of the Bible’s wisdom books that address many major questions of Israelite life with the purpose of passing on common sense wisdom from one generation to the next.

The Book of Job is largely in dialogue form, which is unusual for biblical writing, and is a classic story of world literature. The

The directives in the Bible were developed out of a patriarchal understanding of life. The interests of men were primary.” And Samantha Gerstein, author of “Feminist Biblical Interpretation” states in her publication, “For many years, the only voices describing the experiences of biblical personalities were those of men. When a biblical woman’s experience is deciphered by a male, the experiences can be wrongly interpreted. Moreover, the woman’s experience can be depicted to justify her subordination.” So are we meant to ignore half of the population that in the Bible are often abused and sidelined? I don’t think so. In particular, it is very hard to find feminist readings in the book of Job, which is why this story can benefit from a feminist exegsis. However, it is acknowledged that some of the Bible, such as the Book of Ruth, a classic love story, is more positive with regard women, and of course, Mary, Mother of Jesus, holds special significance for

However, the value of these different insights will correspond to their fit with the fundamental principles that guide Catholic interpretation.” (Catholic Principles for Interpreting Scripture: ISBN 88-7653-617-5). Thus, no Catholic exegsis of the bible may contradict Catholic church teaching.

Evaluation of the Catholic exegesis method. Catholic exegesis makes free use of all approaches that enable a better understanding of biblical texts in their literary, social, cultural, religious and historical contexts. In addition to a broad interpretation, I favour Catholic exegesis as it is carried out in a manner that is as critical and objective as possible and also encourages the development of new methods of exegesis. Catholic exegesis requires that interpretation of a biblical text be consistent with the meaning intended by the authors, placing biblical texts in their ancient contexts, thus helping to clarify the meaning of the authors' message for their original readers and for us contemporary readers