Elite Lives / Mark Hamilton in Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, 32/1 (2007)

Public ISBD [article]  inJournal for the Study of the Old Testament > 32/1 (2007) . - pp. 69-89. Titre : Elite Lives : Job 29—31 and Traditional Authority Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Mark Hamilton, Auteur Année de publication : 2007 Article en page(s) : pp. 69-89. Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : Job 29—31 • political legitimacy • elite groups • social relationships • power • literary portrayals of aristocracy • Israelite political thought Résumé : Job 29—31 carefully portrays the values, lifeways, and patterns of consumption of both economic and social goods by an elite member of society, Job. The character's exploration of social relationships and acceptable and unacceptable behaviors within them allow the book's author to explore the nature of human society within a religious framework. By portraying the ideal nobleman as one who protects the vulnerable, the book seeks to reintegrate the society of his implied audience and to reconstruct a well-functioning hierarchy. Job 29 portrays a well-functioning society, ch. 30 its undoing at multiple levels, and ch. 31 a possible way of reconstructing it. This part of the book also portrays the nobleman Job as one worthy of YHWH's attention, and thus as a potential model for the restoration of Israel itself. [article] Elite Lives : Job 29—31 and Traditional Authority [texte imprimé] / Mark Hamilton, Auteur . - 2007 . - pp. 69-89. Langues : Anglais (eng) in Journal for the Study of the Old Testament > 32/1 (2007) . - pp. 69-89. Mots-clés : Job 29—31 • political legitimacy • elite groups • social relationships • power • literary portrayals of aristocracy • Israelite political thought Résumé : Job 29—31 carefully portrays the values, lifeways, and patterns of consumption of both economic and social goods by an elite member of society, Job. The character's exploration of social relationships and acceptable and unacceptable behaviors within them allow the book's author to explore the nature of human society within a religious framework. By portraying the ideal nobleman as one who protects the vulnerable, the book seeks to reintegrate the society of his implied audience and to reconstruct a well-functioning hierarchy. Job 29 portrays a well-functioning society, ch. 30 its undoing at multiple levels, and ch. 31 a possible way of reconstructing it. This part of the book also portrays the nobleman Job as one worthy of YHWH's attention, and thus as a potential model for the restoration of Israel itself.

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