| Unit name | The Book of Job: God, Chaos and Suffering (Trinity and Baptist College) |
|---|---|
| Unit code | THRS30141 |
| Credit points | 10 |
| Level of study | H/6 |
| Teaching block(s) |
Academic Year (weeks 1 - 52) |
| Unit director | |
| Open unit status | Not open |
| Pre-requisites |
B11001 Getting into the Old Testament |
| Co-requisites |
None |
| School/department | Department of Religion and Theology |
| Faculty | Faculty of Arts |
The book of Job will be introduced as a text which explores the fringes of canonical thought, asking disturbing questions about divine purpose and control, and about the place of human beings in God's world. The book's relationship to other Old Testament Wisdom Literature and to the rest of the Old Testament canon will be examined. A number of responses to the book over the last 2000 years will be critically surveyed, and the book's appeal to modern secular writers explored. Finally the unit will look at a variety of ways of reading the book in a Christian/canonical context. In its approach to the broader issues raised by the book, the module will be interdisciplinary, drawing particularly on relevant insights from philosophy, pastoral theology and the science/religion debate.
