Virtue and the "Good Life" in the Book of Job
In this article, I argue that Job 29 provides an eudaimonic depiction of human happiness whereby virtue, combined with a number of "external goods" is held up as the best possible life for human beings. I compare Job's vision of the "good life" with an Aristotelian conceptio...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
[2019]
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Horizons in biblical theology
Year: 2019, Volume: 41, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-24 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Bible. Ijob 29
/ Virtue
/ Wisdom
/ Virtue ethics
/ Aristoteles 384 BC-322 BC
/ Happiness
/ Eudemonia
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| RelBib Classification: | HB Old Testament NBE Anthropology NCA Ethics VA Philosophy |
| Further subjects: | B
εὐδαιμονία
B Occupation B divine speeches B Happiness B Wisdom B Flourishing B Virtue Ethics B Aristotle |
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