 | Michael Goldberg - 1996 - 208 pagine
...seems inevitable—and highly revealing—that he should also overlook the book's most famous passage: "The Lord has given, and the Lord has taken away. Blessed be the name of the Lord" (Job 1:21). What do Job's words mean? In particular, what does it mean to "bless the name... | |
 | David Kraemer - 1994 - 288 pagine
...and sorrow and I invoke the name of the Lord" (ibid., vss. 3-4). 7 e. And thus [too] does Job say, "the Lord has given, and the Lord has taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord" (Job 1:21 ) — [ blessing God, therefore, both] for the good measure and for the measure... | |
 | Philip Leroy Culbertson - 1995 - 390 pagine
...just say to me that we are obligated to return a deposit to its rightful owner? For thus is it said. The Lord has given, and the Lord has taken away: blessed be the name of the Lord (Job 1:21)." Here a "real-life" situation illustrates the nonliteral interpretation of halakhic... | |
 | Reuven Hammer, Judah Goldin - 1995 - 528 pagine
...II6:I3); I CAME UPON TROUBLE AND SORROW AND I INVOKED THE NAME OF THE LORD(Ps. LI6:3-4). So too Job says THE LORD HAS GIVEN, AND THE LORD HAS TAKEN AWAY; BLESSED BE THE NAME OF THE LORD (Job I: 2I)—for both the measure of goodness and the measure of punishment. What did his... | |
 | Michael Keene - 1997 - 62 pagine
...shovel some earth on to the coffin as it is lowered into the ground. The service ends with the words: The Lord has given and the Lord has taken away: blessed be the name of the Lord.' \TS A FACT • The Jewish Scriptures say that people should live until the age of 70. •... | |
 | Peter E. Bristow - 1997 - 206 pagine
...a means to parenthood, but not to the gift of a child. In this respect the Christian says with Job: 'The Lord has given and the Lord has taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord' (Job 1:21). The Catechism of the Catholic Church (no. 2378) says: A child is not something... | |
 | ...accept evil?" (Job 2: 10), and who, realizing that life brings sorrow as well as joy, could exclaim: "The LORD has given, and the LORD has taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD" (Job 1:21). There is one further set of images Judaism makes available to us if we wish to... | |
 | Tod Linafelt - 2000 - 304 pagine
...must be the final legacy of the Holocaust in a yet unredeemed world. The Prologue and its Questions The Lord has given and the Lord has taken away; Blessed be the name of the Lord (Job 1.21). The Prologue of the book of Job sets up many of the most perplexing questions... | |
 | Lawrence Fine - 2001 - 537 pagine
...but now that the child is dead, you have accepted the decree and said, 'Blessed be the true judge. The Lord has given and the Lord has taken away — blessed be the name of the Lord for ever and ever.' And now you order food and drink!" And the king answered his servants,... | |
 | J. Ross Wagner - 2002 - 437 pagine
...2:7. Interestingly, LAB 53:13 combines the potter/clay topos with language reminiscent of Job 1:21, "The Lord has given and the Lord has taken away. Blessed be the name of the Lord." In Pseudo-Philo's expansive retelling of the calling of Samuel, Eli reacts to the news that... | |
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The Lord has given, and the Lord has taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord ! " his heart refused to utter, Amen! 
