Job’s Sufferance. An “Affection” and Several Interpretations

The purpose of the following study is to delimit some of the interpretations of the book of Job. I believe that the exposition of several perspectives does not solve the issue of the righteous' sufferance, but it opens an ampler possibility of perceiving a fundamental issue of humankind and at the same time leads to understanding that no answer is absolute, unless as seen filtered through a certain way of thinking, but every answer expresses nonetheless a definitive belief for the interpreter’s conscience. The idea which coordinates the work is that the data of the historian, of the theologian, of the philosopher, of the man of letters, must not be analyzed separately, but rather all together, this being the only way that the issues questioned by the biblical work can diminish.

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