Old Testament Personalities: JOB - Arthur A Ferdig - March 1980

Arthur A Ferdig

Though there is much speculation about who the patriarch Job really was and where and when he lived, there are, fortunately, fewer questions about the central theme of his remarkable book (assuming he was the author). It seems safe to say Job lived sometime between Abraham and the exodus. He was extremely wealthy - the richest man of the east. He lived in the land of Uz, but where in the east was Uz? Most place it on the eastern edge of Palestine; somewhere between Damascus on the north and Petra on the south. - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library