The Inclusion of Happiness in the Apostolic Exhortation Verbum Domini

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Arturo Bravo Retamal

Abstract

Happiness covers the entire apostolic Exhortation Verbum Domini, provided that the text begins and concludes with the topic of happiness, a literary resource
known by the technical name of “inclusion” within the Biblical Studies. The paper displays the events in which the expression occurs and the link of this
word with a vast number of verses in the Holy Scripture.

Keywords:
Bible Biblical Studies Apostolic exhortation Happiness Word of God

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Author Biography

Arturo Bravo Retamal, Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana

Doctor en Teología Bíblica por la Eberhard-Karls-Universität (Tübingen-Alemania, 1995). C.I. 6.561.537-1. Profesor Adjunto de la Unidad de Estudios Bíblicos del Instituto de Teología, Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción, Concepción, Chile. Coordinador del Diplomado en Estudios Bíblicos. Miembro Fundador de la Asociación Bíblica Chilena.