Ah…the beauty of the poetics of Job at last have been discovered and boiled down to the following helpful equation (courtesy of Robert Polzin, Biblical Structuralism, Philadelphia: Fortress, 1977, p.75): Fx(a) : Fy(b) ≅ Fx(b) : Fa – 1(y)
Aren’t you overwhelmed by the clear structure of the theodicy of Job? Does it not amaze you that the ancient writer could wrestle with the ultimate questions of justice and come to such mind-blowing formula? I figured someone else might enjoy this bit of literary humor besides myself. At least this is not the normal for a “literary reading” (though I can’t see any way around such in structuralism). 🙂
By: Rick Wadholm Jr.