Job is written in Hebrew, with some Syriac and Arabic expressions.Eusebius, AD 263–339, places events in the Book of Job two ages before Moses, that is, in the patriarchal period, eighteen hundred years before Christ and six hundred years after Noah’s flood.If Job can reasonably be dated in the time of the patriarchs, it becomes a very real possibility that the Sumerian stories derived from Job via oral tradition, instead of vice versa. On the other hand, many conservative scholars date the book of Job to 1900-1700 BC, the time period known as the time of the patriarchs, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Therefore, because both the Sumerian and the Job stories wrestle with similar questions, liberal scholars conclude the Job story MUST be derivative from the Sumerian stories. They believe that Sumerian stories containing themes similar to the Book of Job were written around 1700 BC. Liberal scholars insist the Book of Job was written around the 6th or 5th century BC. This date makes the most Biblical and historical sense given the evidence, some of which I will list below. ![]() ![]() I believe the Book of Job was written during the time of the patriarchs, 1900 to 1700 BC.
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