Keywords
structures of feeling
historical imagination
the Fear of the Lord
Job 28:28
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Abstract
An aspect of the practice of exegesis is characterised in this contribution, namely by drawing on the concepts of “structures of feeling” and “historical imagination.” The unstated is often a key part of a communicative event, such as an ancient text, which enables understanding, but which is not openly put forward. “Structures of feeling” and “historical imagination” help to extend our understanding of the Hebrew Bible texts in order to grasp, to some extent, these underlying elements of meaning. This is concretely illustrated at the hand of the post-exilic יראת יהוה Yahwistic piety concept in Job 28:28. The key insight is that there is more meaning to be found between the proverbial lines than in the words themselves, in this illustrated instance as much as in many, perhaps all cases of written communication.
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