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Job ends abruptly with Job’s death, but the Greek Septuagint adds more, identifying him with Jobab from Genesis and mentioning his resurrection. The additions represent a Hellenistic Jewish effort to connect Job’s story with Israel’s history.
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Job 42:17
Hebrew Bible
15 Nowhere in all the land could women be found who were as beautiful as Job’s daughters, and their father granted them an inheritance alongside their brothers. 16 After this Job lived 140 years; he saw his children and their children to the fourth generation. 17 And so Job died, old and full of days.
Date: 500–401 BCE (based on scholarly estimates)
LXX Job 42:17
Septuagint
15 And there were not found in comparison with the daughters of Job, fairer women than they in all the world: and their father gave them an inheritance among their brothers. 16 And Job lived after his affliction one hundred and seventy years: and all the years he lived were two hundred and forty-eight: and Job saw his sons and his sons' sons, the fourth generation. 17 And Job died, an old man and full of days: 17a and it is written that he will rise again with those whom the Lord raises up. 17b This man is described in the Syriac book as living in the land of Uz, on the borders of Idumea and Arabia: and his name before was Jobab;
Date: 100–1 BCE (based on scholarly estimates)
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"... This passage proves significant both as a Septuagintal addition to the book of Job and as a Hellenistic Jewish interpretation of Job. On the one hand, it represents one of several additions in LXX Job, including the speech of Job's wife in 2:9, the identification of his friends as kings in 2:11, and the assertion of his resurrection in 49:17. The fact that this passage was appended to the Greek translation of Job may point to an attitude toward this text as not completely fixed in its written form ..."
Annette Yoshiko Reed, “Job as Jobab: The Interpretation of Job in LXX Job 42:17b–e,” JBL 120.1 (2001): 31–55.
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This longer ending of Job reminds me of the longer ending of Mark. Any connection?
This longer ending of Job reminds me of the longer ending of Mark. Any connection?