“…What of the Night?†Theology of Night in the Book of Job and the Psalter
A textual analysis of the book of Job and of the Psalter shows an existential correlation between night and darkness that is naturally characterized by terror, horror, agony, oppression, pain, evil and wicked activities. However, the night, a symbol of uncertainty and fear is also portrayed as a tim...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | Afrikaans |
| Published: |
Old Testament Society of South Africa
2015-12-01
|
| Series: | Old Testament Essays |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | http://panafricajournal.com/33x/index.php/journal/article/view/29 |
| _version_ | 1818906607625437184 |
|---|---|
| author | FUNLOLA OLOJEDE |
| author_facet | FUNLOLA OLOJEDE |
| author_sort | FUNLOLA OLOJEDE |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description | A textual analysis of the book of Job and of the Psalter shows an existential correlation between night and darkness that is naturally characterized by terror, horror, agony, oppression, pain, evil and wicked activities. However, the night, a symbol of uncertainty and fear is also portrayed as a time of revelation, of fellowship, and of divine activities, which neutralizes in a sense the seeming polarity and tension between night and day, between nocturnality and diurnality. The theological analysis of the night in both the book of Job and the Psalter shows Yahweh as absolutely in control of the temporal order and it is argued that this has strong implication for wisdom theology in particular and for the theology of the Hebrew Bible as a whole. |
| first_indexed | 2024-12-19T21:41:55Z |
| format | Article |
| id | doaj.art-6330892e187e4e8c9880f75ac88622f9 |
| institution | Directory Open Access Journal |
| issn | 1010-9919 2312-3621 |
| language | Afrikaans |
| last_indexed | 2024-12-19T21:41:55Z |
| publishDate | 2015-12-01 |
| publisher | Old Testament Society of South Africa |
| record_format | Article |
| series | Old Testament Essays |
| spelling | doaj.art-6330892e187e4e8c9880f75ac88622f92022-12-21T20:04:38ZafrOld Testament Society of South AfricaOld Testament Essays1010-99192312-36212015-12-01283“…What of the Night?†Theology of Night in the Book of Job and the PsalterFUNLOLA OLOJEDE0Stellenbosch UniversityA textual analysis of the book of Job and of the Psalter shows an existential correlation between night and darkness that is naturally characterized by terror, horror, agony, oppression, pain, evil and wicked activities. However, the night, a symbol of uncertainty and fear is also portrayed as a time of revelation, of fellowship, and of divine activities, which neutralizes in a sense the seeming polarity and tension between night and day, between nocturnality and diurnality. The theological analysis of the night in both the book of Job and the Psalter shows Yahweh as absolutely in control of the temporal order and it is argued that this has strong implication for wisdom theology in particular and for the theology of the Hebrew Bible as a whole.http://panafricajournal.com/33x/index.php/journal/article/view/29NightJobPsalterDarkness |
| spellingShingle | FUNLOLA OLOJEDE “…What of the Night?†Theology of Night in the Book of Job and the Psalter Old Testament Essays Night Job Psalter Darkness |
| title | “…What of the Night?†Theology of Night in the Book of Job and the Psalter |
| title_full | “…What of the Night?†Theology of Night in the Book of Job and the Psalter |
| title_fullStr | “…What of the Night?†Theology of Night in the Book of Job and the Psalter |
| title_full_unstemmed | “…What of the Night?†Theology of Night in the Book of Job and the Psalter |
| title_short | “…What of the Night?†Theology of Night in the Book of Job and the Psalter |
| title_sort | a€oea€¦what of the night a€ theology of night in the book of job and the psalter |
| topic | Night Job Psalter Darkness |
| url | http://panafricajournal.com/33x/index.php/journal/article/view/29 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT funlolaolojede aœawhatofthenightatheologyofnightinthebookofjobandthepsalter |