Bible Question:
In what time era was the book of Job written? Who wrote it? |
Bible Answer: One of my favorites! Tradition holds that it was written by Moses or by Job himself. It may have been written during the time of the Patriarchs (2000-1800 BC); some say Abraham was familiar with the story. It is definitely quite old and is unique in this sense: It is the only book in the Bible that is neither about the Hebrews nor known to be written by a Hebrew (assuming that Solomon wrote the books attributed to him). This suggests to me that it predates Abraham and speaks of a time (like the early chapters of Genesis) when God dealt directly with people or through individual priests like Melchizedek (Genesis 14:18). Indeed Job himself functioned as something of a priest to his children (Job 1) and his friends (Job 42). Hope this is useful. Peace and grace, Steve aka Indiana Jones |