The Problem of the Potsherd: Job 2:8 in a New Perspective

The famous verse in the prologue of the book of Job, which is commonly translated with “Job took a potsherd to scrape himself while he was sitting among the ashes,” is the object of study here. In this analysis of Job 2:8, three components are extensively discussed; (1) The syntactic structure that...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ellen van Wolde
Format: Article
Language:Afrikaans
Published: OTSSA 2018-12-01
Series:Old Testament Essays
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.org.za/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1010-99192018000300015&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en