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Reading Job with St. Thomas Aquinas (Hardcover)
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Reading Job with St. Thomas Aquinas (Hardcover)
Series: Thomistic Ressourcement Series
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Reading Job with St. Thomas Aquinas is a scholarly contribution to
Thomistic studies, specifically to the study of Aquinas's biblical
exegesis in relation to his philosophy and theology. Each of the
thirteen chapters has a different focus, within the shared
concentration of the book on Aquinas's Literal Exposition on Job.
The essays are arranged in three Parts: "Job and Sacra Doctrina";
"Providence and Suffering"; and "Job and the Moral Life". Boyle's
opening essay argues that Aquinas's commentary seeks to show what
is required in the "Magister" (namely, Job and God) for the
effective communication of wisdom. Mansini's essay argues that by
speaking, God reveals the virtue of Job and its value in God's
providence; without the personal revelation or speech of God, Job
could not have known the value of his suffering. Vijgen's essay
explores the commentary's use of Aristotle for reflecting upon
divine providence, sorrow and anger, resurrection, and the new
heavens and new earth. Levering's essay explores the commentary's
citations of the Gospel of John and argues that these pertain
especially to divine speech and to light/darkness. Bonino's essay
explains why divine incomprehensibility does not mean that Job is
wrong to seek to understand God's ways. Te Velde's essay explores
how Aquinas's commentary draws upon the reasoning of his Summa
contra gentiles with regard to the good order of the universe.
Goris's essay reflects upon how, according to Aquinas's commentary,
sin is and is not related to suffering. Knasas's essay argues that
Aquinas does not hold that the resurrection of the body is a
necessary philosophical corollary of the human desire for
happiness. Wawrykow's essay explores merit, in relation to the
connection between sin and punishment/affliction as well as to the
connection between good actions and flourishing. Spezzano's essay
shows that Job's hope and filial fear transform his suffering,
making him an exemplar of the consolation they provide to the just.
Mullady's essay reflects upon the moral problems and opportunities
posed by the passions, along with the ordering of the virtues to
the reward of human happiness. Flood's essay shows how Aquinas
defends Job's possession of the qualities needed for true
friendship (including friendship with God), such as patience,
delight in the presence of the friend, and compassion. Lastly,
Kromholtz's essay argues that although Aquinas's Literal Exposition
on Job never extensively engages eschatology, Aquinas depends
throughout upon the reasonableness of hoping for the resurrection
of the body and the final judgment.
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