RT Article
T1 Job 28 and Modern Theories of Knowledge
JF Theology today
VO 69
IS 4
SP 486
OP 496
A1 Jones, Scott C.
LA English
PB Sage Publ.
YR 2013
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1784236039
AB This article offers an interpretation of Job 28 in terms of modern theological discourse, with a focus on epistemology. The poem sets two ancient models of wisdom and knowledge in opposition: wisdom through individual exploration and wisdom through revelation. The first model finds its contemporary analogue in the Cartesian quest by a rational mind to possess objective knowledge. The second model, which the poem commends as its solution, is analogous to Michael Polanyi’s articulation of personal knowledge as submission to and embodiment of the superior knowledge of another.
K1 Michael Polanyi
K1 Rene Descartes
K1 Book of Job
K1 Epistemology
K1 Knowledge
K1 Wisdom
DO 10.1177/0040573612463029