Front Page Authors (by Period) Job

Job

600 BC - ?

About the Author

Job is the central character in an ancient story written down as the Book of Job in either the fifth or sixth century B.C.

In The Library:

• author: Blake’s Illustrations of the Book of Job (1823)
• author: The Book of Job (KJV) (1885)

Quotations:

• Job rightly wants to know why he, “the just upright man is laughed to scorn” while robbers prosper (6thC BC) (15 September, 2008)