“Why have I become a burden to you?” Disability and Holiness: A Reading of Job 7:20
“Why have I become a burden to you?” Disability and Holiness: A Reading of Job 7:20
Author(s): Yves-Marie LequinSubject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Theology and Religion, Biblical studies
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu w Białymstoku
Keywords: disability; burden; holiness; Job; vulnerability; struggle
Summary/Abstract: This article explores disability and holiness in light of the neutral theme of burden as it appears in the Book of Job. Job is afflicted by evil and is revolted by it; yet, he ends up accepting this mystery. Job’s example expands the definition of “holiness” to include one of its key elements: the gift of a word of freedom that can give rise to prophetic vulnerability.
Journal: Rocznik Teologii Katolickiej
- Issue Year: 19/2020
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 37-47
- Page Count: 11
- Language: English