Thats very nice & mostly dated to 400BC or a little earlier, not to some fabled time of Moses, now lets see what wiki says...surprise they agree with me?
several texts from ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt offer parallels to Job,[28] and while it is impossible to tell whether the author of Job was influenced by any of them, their existence tells us that he was the recipient of a long tradition of reflection on the existence of inexplicable suffering
( i love the Greek influence thats so obviously shining out from there)
Book of Job
en.wikipedia.org
Job, Ecclesiastes and the book of Proverbs belong to the genre of wisdom literature, sharing a perspective that they themselves call the "way of wisdom." [24] Wisdom means both a way of thinking and a body of knowledge gained through such thinking, as well as the ability to apply it to life; it is attainable in part through human effort, and in part as a gift from God, but never in its entirety— except by God.
The three books share attitudes and assumptions, but differ in their conclusions: Proverbs makes confident statements about the world and its workings that are flatly contradicted by Job and Ecclesiastes. [26] Wisdom literature was not confined to the bible, or to Israel; [27] several texts from ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt offer parallels to Job,[28] and while it is impossible to tell whether the author of Job was influenced by any of them, their existence tells us that he was the recipient of a long tradition of reflection on the existence of inexplicable suffering |
