This article starts evaluating the complexity of the Book Job and the various traditions related to it. The main focus is, however, on Job’s illness, which is first of all analyzed taking into account the biblical narrative. Secondly, from an hagiographic point of view, Job’s patronate of people affected by leprosy and syphilis is presented. Last but not least, some contemporary medical aknowledgements are discussed, such as the so-called “Job’s syndrome” or the conception of a “Job’s stygma” with reference to people enduring an experience of chronic pain.
Giobbe, il malato: proposte di lettura tra Bibbia, agiografia e scienza
CARNEVALE, LAURA
2012-01-01
Abstract
This article starts evaluating the complexity of the Book Job and the various traditions related to it. The main focus is, however, on Job’s illness, which is first of all analyzed taking into account the biblical narrative. Secondly, from an hagiographic point of view, Job’s patronate of people affected by leprosy and syphilis is presented. Last but not least, some contemporary medical aknowledgements are discussed, such as the so-called “Job’s syndrome” or the conception of a “Job’s stygma” with reference to people enduring an experience of chronic pain.File in questo prodotto:
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