Ok, so I said I would do the background on all the books we go through. I ask for you all to pray that I really take the time to absorb what I read and stop to listen to God's message in it AND keep up!
The book of Job is the first of the so-called poetic or wisdom books... group of five books including Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and the Song of Songs. Obviously deals with the problem of suffering.
Scene of the book is in the Land of Uz. Thought to have been along the border between Palestine and Arabia, extending from Edom north and east towards the Euphrates River, skirting the route between Babylon and Egypt.
Job was thought to have links to be the same person as Jobab, the second king in Edom. The setting is thought to be among the descendants of Esau.
Nothing is known about the author of the book. Ancient Jewish traditions ascribed the book to Moses. While modern critics say that Job is the author at a much later date, but in the end it is the content of the book that is important. (amen!)
From: Halley's Bible Handbook
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