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The Book of Job by Anonymous
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bookshelves: norwegian-book-club, literary_canon

“O Livro de Jó” faz parte dos “Livros poéticos e sapienciais” do Antigo Testamento, e terá sido escrito entre o VII e o IV séculos a.C., sendo um dos livros da Bíblia cristã mais amplamente citados dentro e fora do contexto religioso. Santo Agostinho cita-o, Tomás Aquino declara a história verdadeira, Martinho Lutero usa-o para definir a santidade. Na literatura, cita-se como a primeira grande obra existencial servindo depois, ao longo de séculos, a múltiplos autores na evocação do significado do humano — de John Milton (“Paraíso Perdido”) a Carl Jung (“A Resposta a Jó”), passando por Dostoiévski (“Os Irmãos Karamazov”) ou Kafka (“O Processo”) ou mais recentemente Terrence Malick (“A Árvore da Vida”). O núcleo do texto assenta no questionar da justiça ou moral divinas, ou como a teologia prefere definir: “o problema do mal” que se equaciona segundo a questão: “Por que sofrem os justos?"
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Reading Progress

August 24, 2018 – Shelved
August 24, 2018 – Shelved as: to-read
January 27, 2019 – Shelved as: norwegian-book-club
January 23, 2021 – Started Reading
January 25, 2021 –
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100.0% "Até que começa de uma forma bastante instigante, mas depois transforma-se num conto de fantasia..."
January 25, 2021 – Finished Reading
February 10, 2021 – Shelved as: literary_canon

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message 1: by David (new)

David This is a book that I heard but never read, let alone a review on it. Quite impressed by those authors who reference it. Loved the Blake images. Good to review this, Nelson.


Nelson Zagalo It is an interesting read, even if most of it has been heard previously, here and there, among the Christian traces that populates many of our cultures.
Also, what I liked most was having access to real text, and try to understand from myself what all these words mean, and why people tend to follow blindly.


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