La figura di Giobbe nell'omiletica basiliana.

The essay explores how Job was used in homilies pronounced and written by Basil of Caesarea. In Homily 21 (On Detachment from Wordly Goods) a long paraphrastic rewriting of the biblical account shows the virtue of patience embodied by the patriarch. In Homily 4 (On Thanksgiving), Basil reminds his listeners to be strong in grief and not to lose faith in God, according to the example offerred by Job. The bishop depicts a model of perfection and endurance to Christian people, though we can't properly speak of literal or allegorical exegesis, but rather of a moral and hortatory one.