Open AccessKepribadian Ayub
Author(s) -
Kalis Stevanus
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
sophia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2722-886X
pISSN - 2722-8851
DOI - 10.34307/sophia.v1i2.12
Subject(s) - sincerity , personality , interpretation (philosophy) , narrative , psychology , social psychology , wife , psychoanalysis , philosophy , theology , linguistics
Individual personality development is influenced by various factors, there are internal factors and external factors. This paper aims to determine whether a unique life experience, namely suffering, can influence the formation of a person's personality. This study uses a biblical study approach to the story of Job in the book of Ayub with a narrative interpretation method and also uses a literature study approach. It is evident that unpleasant life experiences such as the suffering that befell Job do not change Job's good personality. Job was a godly and honest man; fear Allah and shun evil; a person of sincerity or integrity; an optimist; a generous person; and a man who is loyal to his wife