Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part I
- Part II Interlude: Why Job?
- 4 A Joban Fugue: Addressing the Issue of Suffering in the Book of Job with Gerhard Von Rad and Gustavo Gutiérrez
- 5 Psychology, Physiology, Society, and Spirituality: Interpreting Job with Insight from Psychological and HIV-Positive Perspectives
- 6 The Integration of Chaos and Order: Exploring Asian Interpretations of the Book of Job
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index of Biblical References
- Index of Key Terms
- Index of Authors
6 - The Integration of Chaos and Order: Exploring Asian Interpretations of the Book of Job
from Part II - Interlude: Why Job?
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part I
- Part II Interlude: Why Job?
- 4 A Joban Fugue: Addressing the Issue of Suffering in the Book of Job with Gerhard Von Rad and Gustavo Gutiérrez
- 5 Psychology, Physiology, Society, and Spirituality: Interpreting Job with Insight from Psychological and HIV-Positive Perspectives
- 6 The Integration of Chaos and Order: Exploring Asian Interpretations of the Book of Job
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index of Biblical References
- Index of Key Terms
- Index of Authors
Summary
Thus far, our contrapuntal hermeneutics has involved academic interpretations from European and North American contexts and vernacular interpretations from Latin American and African contexts. The boundaries between the so-called “First” and “Third” or “Two-Thirds” worlds, the “West” and the “rest,” would thus appear to be synonymous with the boundaries between academic and vernacular hermeneutics. This chapter endeavours to demonstrate that such is not the case. To that end, we will juxtapose academic and vernacular interpretations from various Asian contexts, including the voices of Asian scholars educated in Europe or North America. Thus, in addition to the hermeneutical arguments here presented, this chapter will implicitly argue that vernacular interpretations cannot simply by equated with certain geographical locations.
As far as the book of Job is concerned, interpretations from Asian contexts generally focus primarily on the philosophical and relational aspects of the book rather than on the issue of theodicy. Several of these interpretations consider the issue of suffering in the book of Job, but, as we shall see below, they do so from a different perspective than those interpretations explored in previous chapters. Ultimately, this chapter will demonstrate both the diversity of interpretations of Job in these contexts as well as the transcendence of the theme of suffering achieved by a contrapuntal view of these interpretive texts.
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- Power and Responsibility in Biblical InterpretationReading the Book of Job with Edward Said, pp. 201 - 228Publisher: Acumen PublishingPrint publication year: 2012