Job (biblical figure)

Job
Job
	Job by Léon Bonnat (1880)
Prophet, Righteous
Venerated in	Judaism; Christianity; Islam; Druze; Baháʼí Faith; Rastafari
Major shrine	Tomb of Job
Feast	April 27 (Coptic Orthodox Church); May 6 (Eastern Orthodox Church & Armenian Apostolic Church); May 9 (Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod); May 10 (Catholic Church); August 29 (Coptic Orthodox Church); December 26 (Armenian Apostolic Church);
Attributes	Often depicted as a man tested by God
Patronage	Despair; sufferers of depression; lepers;
Major works	Book of Job

Job (/dʒoʊb/ JOHB; Hebrew: אִיּוֹב 'Īyyōv; Greek: Ἰώβ Iṓb) is the central figure of the Book of Job in the Bible. In Islam, Job (Arabic: أيوب, romanized: ʾAyyūb) is also considered a prophet.

Job is presented as a good and prosperous family man who is suddenly beset with horrendous disasters that take away all he holds dear—a scenario intended to test Job's faith in God. Struggling mightily to understand this situation, Job reflects on his despair but consistently remains devout.

The language of the Book of Job, combining post-Babylonian Hebrew and Aramaic influences, indicates it was composed during the Persian period (540–330 BCE), with the poet using Hebrew in a learned, literary manner.^[2]

^ S. Swayd, Samy (2009). The A to Z of the Druzes. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 109. ISBN 9780810868366. They also cover the lives and teachings of some biblical personages, such as Job, Jethro, Jesus, John, Luke, and others
^ Edward L. Greenstein (2019). Job: A New Translation. Yale University Press. p. xxvii. ISBN 9780300163766. Determining the time and place of the book's composition is bound up with the nature of the book's language. The Hebrew prose of the frame tale, notwithstanding many classic features, shows that it was composed in the post-Babylonian era (after 540 BCE). The poetic core of the book is written in a highly literate and literary Hebrew, the eccentricities and occasional clumsiness of which suggest that Hebrew was a learned and not native language of the poet. The numerous words and grammatical shadings of Aramaic spread throughout the mainly Hebrew text of Job make a setting in the Persian era (approximately 540–330) fairly certain, for it was only in that period that Aramaic became a major language throughout the Levant. The poet depends on an audience that will pick up on subtle signs of Aramaic.

[S._Swayd_2009_109-1] S. Swayd, Samy (2009). The A to Z of the Druzes. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 109. ISBN 9780810868366. They also cover the lives and teachings of some biblical personages, such as Job, Jethro, Jesus, John, Luke, and others

[2] Edward L. Greenstein (2019). Job: A New Translation. Yale University Press. p. xxvii. ISBN 9780300163766. Determining the time and place of the book's composition is bound up with the nature of the book's language. The Hebrew prose of the frame tale, notwithstanding many classic features, shows that it was composed in the post-Babylonian era (after 540 BCE). The poetic core of the book is written in a highly literate and literary Hebrew, the eccentricities and occasional clumsiness of which suggest that Hebrew was a learned and not native language of the poet. The numerous words and grammatical shadings of Aramaic spread throughout the mainly Hebrew text of Job make a setting in the Persian era (approximately 540–330) fairly certain, for it was only in that period that Aramaic became a major language throughout the Levant. The poet depends on an audience that will pick up on subtle signs of Aramaic.

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Job
Job by Léon Bonnat (1880)
Prophet, Righteous
Venerated in	Judaism Christianity Islam Druze^[1] Baháʼí Faith Rastafari
Major shrine	Tomb of Job
Feast	April 27 (Coptic Orthodox Church) May 6 (Eastern Orthodox Church & Armenian Apostolic Church) May 9 (Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod) May 10 (Catholic Church) August 29 (Coptic Orthodox Church) December 26 (Armenian Apostolic Church)
Attributes	Often depicted as a man tested by God
Patronage	Despair sufferers of depression lepers
Major works	Book of Job