Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Heard, Christopher" <Christopher.Heard AT pepperdine.edu>]

On Aug 5, 2005, at 7:42 AM, Read, James C wrote:
> I do not want to get invovled in a futile debate about the  
> authorship of Job but even
> critics agree that it was composed long before Kings and Chronicles

Um, just as a bibliographical point, this ("critics agree") simply  
isn't true. There are commentators who date Job as the earliest  
biblical book, and some who date it as one of the latest, and many  
varieties in between. Be wary of substituting a (false) critical  
consensus for an argument.

Best wishes,

Chris

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