It is interesting to compare Rashi’s interpretive approach (see my earlier posting) with that of French literary critic Renée Girard, who also looks at Job’s suffering from within the context of his community. In both of their expositions of the Jobian narrative, it is the community around him that exacerbates Job’s suffering.
However, Girard goes far beyond Rashi and suggests that Job’s friends intend to transform Job into a community scapegoat. According to Girard, ancient and primitive societies learned to redirect ...
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