See, you really do need Jesus!!!!I'm past being likeable, even my mother has a problem with me, but I don't know why
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So if the Bible is based on the Torah, which is called the first five books of the Bible, written by Jews, how can Job be written before it? Who wrote the book of Job if it was not written by Jews? Was Job a Zoroastrian or something?
Yeah, like I need another set of problems.See, you really do need Jesus!!!!
Bleh.
Astonishing! People have been wondering who wrote the book of Job for centuries, yet google figured it out in a few seconds. He must have discovered the fountain of youth, since he wrote it thousands of years ago yet lived into modern times and had his picture taken!!!
There are lots of theories surrounding the mysterious beginnings of the book of Job. Some say Moses wrote it. Some liberal anti-Bible people think it was written between the 7th and 4th century B.C. BUT they have to ignore some puzzling details in order to fit the book of Job into their preferred timeline.
First of all, although nobody knows who wrote the Book of Job, it is accepted as Scripture by Jews, YET, it is not a Jewish book. It was written in an ancient language that is similar to Hebrew, yet bears marks of a language existing before the language written down by Moses in the Torah.
HOW DID THE JEWS COME TO ACCEPT A BOOK AS SCRIPTURE THAT WAS NOT JEWISH IN ORIGINS, UNLESS IT EXISTED AND WAS ACCEPTED BEFORE MOSES' TIME, AND ALSO BY MOSES?
Job acted as a priest for his family, offering up animal sacrifices for them, although he was clearly not an Israelite. This shows that the events in Job's life happened before the Torah was written, since, obviously, after the Torah, the Levites were the only ones allowed to do priestly duties.
If you do a google search you will find all sorts of ideas, almost as varied as modern day conspiracy theories, regarding who wrote the book of Job and whether or not the events happened and whether or not the events happened as they are described in the book of Job.
It's not full proof evidence, but the book of Job is consistent with and lends strong support to the validity of the Biblical story that the God of the Bible has been known and worshiped from the beginning of time and the beginning of the human race.
References: just google it if anyone is interested.
30 years ago, what would your explanation have been? Because 30 years ago, Google did not exist.
All you say now is "Google it." That is so weak.
Dude, do you even remember the fack you are on about? Logic? The events in Job's life could not have happened before the Torah, because before the Torah, the earth did not exist! And neither did Job! Your proselytizing is getting old and weary.
I'm guessing every race of people have had their own religion since the dawn of time.
The bible likes to make it sound like the Israelites had original ownership on worship and communication to God, but that's just how the bible operates, the jews & christian believers think they and the bible are the centre of the universe and everyone else is a phoney and a johnny come lately.
What?!!! You are kind of funny.
Moses was the person God directed to write the Torah and Moses was a descendent of Abraham, Noah and all the way back to Adam. Life did exist before the Torah, and worship of the True God existed before the Torah. What do you mean there was no life before the Torah?????!!!!I just said to google it because it's the easiest way to find things, and anybody that is curious can easily find all sorts of opinions on the book of Job's origin. However, since you brought it up, here is something I googled about it:
https://www.icr.org/books/defenders/2603
Introduction to Job
Except for the first eleven chapters of Genesis, which almost certainly were originally written by Adam, Noah, the sons of Noah, and Terah, then eventually edited by Moses (compare with “Introduction” to Genesis), the book of Job is probably the oldest book in the Bible. It contains more references to Creation, the Flood and other primeval events than any book of the Bible except Genesis, and provides more insight into the age-long conflict between God and Satan than almost any other book. Remarkably, it also seems to contain more modern scientific insights than any other book of the Bible.
Uniform Jewish tradition ascribed the book of Job to Moses and also accepted it as part of the true canon of Scripture. This ascription seems quite reasonable if Moses is regarded as the editor and original sponsor of Job’s book rather than its author. Undoubtedly Job himself was the original author (Job 19:23,24), writing down his memoirs, so to speak, after his restoration to health and prosperity. Moses most likely came into possession of Job’s record during his forty-year exile from Egypt in the land of Midian (not far from Job’s own homeland in Uz), and quickly recognized its great importance, perhaps slightly editing it for the benefit of his own contemporaries. It was all probably similar to how he compiled and organized the primeval records from which he has also given us the book of Genesis.
Job, according to God’s own testimony, was the most righteous and godly man in the world, at least up to that time (Job 1:8; 2:3). That he was a real historical person, and not just a fictional character in a great dramatic poem, as some have alleged, is confirmed in Ezekiel 14:14,20, and James 5:11. Paul quotes from Job 5:13 in I Corinthians 3:19.
Job evidently lived about the time of Abraham. It is significant that, despite the prevalent ancient tradition of Moses’ connection with the book, the book of Job nowhere mentions the Mosaic laws or even the children of Israel. It clearly was written well before the time of Jacob (“Israel”). The land of Uz, where Job lived as “the greatest of all the men of the east” (Job 1:3, a geographical reference probably inserted by Moses, since Uz was east of Midian) and “dwelt as a king in the army” (Job 29:25), was later to become the land of Edom (compare Lamentations 4:21). Quite possibly it was originally settled by Uz himself, who was a grandson of Shem (Genesis 10:22,23). The antiquity of the time of Job is further indicated by the fact that he probably lived at least two hundred years (Job 42:16), longer even than Abraham (Genesis 25:7).
Job’s book is considered a masterpiece of literature, even by those who reject its historicity and/or its divine inspiration. Its pervasive theme—one of interest in all times and places—is the mystery of the suffering of the righteous in a world created by a righteous and omnipotent God. However, though this may be the theme of the book, that is not its purpose, for the book never answers that question. Even God, in His remarkable four-chapter monologue (Job 38–41) at the end of the book, never even mentions the question at all. Rather, God emphasizes the vital importance of the doctrine of special creation and the sovereign right of the Creator to use and test His creatures as He wills. He is never unjust and never capricious, and we must simply rest and rejoice in that fact by faith.
Except for the first eleven chapters of Genesis, which almost certainly were originally written by Adam, Noah, the sons of Noah, and Terah, then eventually edited by Moses (compare with “Introduction” to Genesis), the book of Job is probably the oldest book in the Bible. It contains more references to Creation, the Flood and other primeval events than any book of the Bible except Genesis, and provides more insight into the age-long conflict between God and Satan than almost any other book. Remarkably, it also seems to contain more modern scientific insights than any other book of the Bible.
Uniform Jewish tradition ascribed the book of Job to Moses and also accepted it as part of the true canon of Scripture. This ascription seems quite reasonable if Moses is regarded as the editor and original sponsor of Job’s book rather than its author. Undoubtedly Job himself was the original author (Job 19:23,24), writing down his memoirs, so to speak, after his restoration to health and prosperity. Moses most likely came into possession of Job’s record during his forty-year exile from Egypt in the land of Midian (not far from Job’s own homeland in Uz), and quickly recognized its great importance, perhaps slightly editing it for the benefit of his own contemporaries. It was all probably similar to how he compiled and organized the primeval records from which he has also given us the book of Genesis.
Job, according to God’s own testimony, was the most righteous and godly man in the world, at least up to that time (Job 1:8; 2:3). That he was a real historical person, and not just a fictional character in a great dramatic poem, as some have alleged, is confirmed in Ezekiel 14:14,20, and James 5:11. Paul quotes from Job 5:13 in I Corinthians 3:19.
Job evidently lived about the time of Abraham. It is significant that, despite the prevalent ancient tradition of Moses’ connection with the book, the book of Job nowhere mentions the Mosaic laws or even the children of Israel. It clearly was written well before the time of Jacob (“Israel”). The land of Uz, where Job lived as “the greatest of all the men of the east” (Job 1:3, a geographical reference probably inserted by Moses, since Uz was east of Midian) and “dwelt as a king in the army” (Job 29:25), was later to become the land of Edom (compare Lamentations 4:21). Quite possibly it was originally settled by Uz himself, who was a grandson of Shem (Genesis 10:22,23). The antiquity of the time of Job is further indicated by the fact that he probably lived at least two hundred years (Job 42:16), longer even than Abraham (Genesis 25:7).
Job’s book is considered a masterpiece of literature, even by those who reject its historicity and/or its divine inspiration. Its pervasive theme—one of interest in all times and places—is the mystery of the suffering of the righteous in a world created by a righteous and omnipotent God. However, though this may be the theme of the book, that is not its purpose, for the book never answers that question. Even God, in His remarkable four-chapter monologue (Job 38–41) at the end of the book, never even mentions the question at all. Rather, God emphasizes the vital importance of the doctrine of special creation and the sovereign right of the Creator to use and test His creatures as He wills. He is never unjust and never capricious, and we must simply rest and rejoice in that fact by faith.