“At this point it may be helpful to remember the distinction that the narratologist Gérard Genette makes between story and narrative.46 A literary narrative may differ in many ways from the story it tells (regardless of whether the story is… — Ellen F. Davis Copy Share Image
“The Song [of Solomon] captures the ecstatic aspect of love that is the main subject of the whole Bible.” — Ellen F. Davis Copy Share Image
“That the Old Testament represents God chiefly as angry Judge and vicious Warrior is a false stereotype. While these images are not absent, they… — Ellen F. Davis Copy Share Image
“...our role as comforters is not to solve the problem of pain; even less is it to stick up for God. Trying to vindicate… — Ellen F. Davis Copy Share Image
“The very idea of wisdom, as the Bible understands it, challenges the mind-set of our society and the view of knowledge that all of… — Ellen F. Davis Copy Share Image
“And there we recognize that our frailty is not meant to cause us anxiety and sorrow. Rather, God means it to be a source… — Ellen F. Davis Copy Share Image
“The Garden of Eden was the place where the first human creatures might have acquired wisdom: Eden was the place for total intimacy with… — Ellen F. Davis Copy Share Image
“What gives a liturgy its plot? A liturgy is always a sort of drama, that is, an intentional sequence of events, however simple or… — Ellen F. Davis Copy Share Image
“Contrition means finding the courage to let your heart break over sin. Willfully letting your heart break and then offering the pieces to God… — Ellen F. Davis Copy Share Image
“The fourth-century Greek theologian St. John Chrysostom said that Job's greatest trial was that his wife was not taken.” — Ellen F. Davis Copy Share Image
“God accommodates [Moses'] complaints and makes in-course corrections. God does not take a human being so fully into the divine confidence--you might say, God… — Ellen F. Davis Copy Share Image
“The problem was acutely described in 1909 in a penetrating essay by Adolf Schlatter: According to the sceptical position, it is true that the… — Ellen F. Davis Copy Share Image
“...Job rails against God, not as a skeptic, not as a stranger to God's justice, but precisely as a believer. It is the very… — Ellen F. Davis Copy Share Image
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![“...our role as comforters is not to solve the problem of pain; even less is it to stick up for God. Trying to vindicate God to a person in agonizing pain is like explaining to a crying infant that Mommy is really a well-intentioned person. ... While [Job's friends] remain mired in their…” quote by Ellen F. Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/6aa/ellen-f-davis-25448_pain_our-role-as-comforters-is-not-to-solve-t_332429.jpg)
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