Bible Question:
In what time era was the book of Job written? Who wrote it? |
Bible Answer: While readig a study on the Hebrew words used for God in the Old Testament the author mentioned that "it has been suggested by some scholars that the events recorded in the book of Job may have occurred before the time of Moses." This was new to me and I came here to see what you all had written on the subject. Some other interesting notes (not to prove or disprove anything, just some interesting notes): E.W. Bullinger says the it is probable that Job was the son of Issachar (Gen 46:13) which would put Job in Midian around the same time Moses was in Midian(Job dying around the time Moses was 55) In Exodus 6:3 (KJV) God said "I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the name of God Almighty [Hebrew: el shaddai], but by my name Jehovah was I not known to them." The term el shaddai is used 6 times in Genesis, 31 times in Job, but only 11 times in all of the other writing of the Old Testament. |