RE: AF Hall of Shame (Post Edition)
March 1, 2018 at 1:10 pm
(This post was last modified: March 1, 2018 at 1:11 pm by Huggy Bear.)
(March 1, 2018 at 11:45 am)pocaracas Wrote: That makes sense...
But I took a look at the wiki and here's what came out.
"Rabbinic tradition ascribes the authorship of Job to Moses, but scholars generally agree that it was written between the 7th and 4th centuries BCE, with the 6th century BCE as the most likely period for various reasons."
"Tradition credits Moses as the author of Genesis, as well as Exodus, Book of Leviticus, Numbers and most of Book of Deuteronomy, but modern scholars increasingly see them as a product of the 6th and 5th centuries BC."
The two books could have been contemporary, if the tradition is right, and Job could be post-Genesis, if one looks at the later dates posited for their writing.
http://www.academia.edu/5613976/The_Book...l_Evidence
Quote:The Book of Job is the only one written in Old Hebrew among all the biblical scrolls found at Qumran, beside the books of Moses, and it is also the only one translated into Aramaic before our common era (Targum of Job), beside the Book of Leviticus. According to the Talmud: Moses wrote his book and the section of Balaam and Job (Baba Bathra 15a) and as it is written: After this Job lived for 140 years, and he saw his children and his grandchildren - 4 generations. Finally Job died, after a long and satisfying life (Job 42:16-17), Job must have lived at least 140 years before Moses wrote his book. As Job made the following request: If only my words were written down, if only they could be inscribed in a book (Job 19:23) and as seen the outcome Jehovah gave (Ja 5:11), it is likely that his request was granted. Consequently the Book of Job is the oldest book of the Bible.*emphasis mine*