Several passages seem heavily fragmented to the point that even if all different sources could be dated precisely, a chronological bible plan would mean having to skip from verse to verse. The Pentateuch is considered to have been composed from different sources, from as early as 1000 BCE till around the Babylonian exile, c. Also, the four songs of the servants may have been a separate book before. Some scholars even want to divide Proto-Isaiah, the first part (ch.
15, the song of Myriam, is generally considered to be much older than the surrounding text.Īnother example: the book of Isaiah was written by at least three different authors over several centuries, and later on different parts have been assembled into one book. Regardless of whether the compilers of your chronology used this particular piece of information, it would support placing Job (who was fifth from Abraam) between Genesis (ending with the 3rd generation from Abraham) and Exodus (beginning with Moses, who belonged to the 6th generation from Abraham - see Exodus 6:16-20).Īpart from the fact that the dating of Job is notoriously difficult, I would be suspicious towards a bible plan that claims to be chronological and places one book after the other (which I guess from your post). And his friends who came to him were Eliphaz, of the children of Esau, king of the Thæmanites, Baldad sovereign of the Sauchæans, Sophar king of the Minæans * And these were the kings who reigned in Edom, which country he also ruled over: first, Balac, the son of Beor, and the name of his city was Dennaba: but after Balac, Jobab, who is called Job: and after him Asom, who was governor out of the country of Thæman: and after him Adad, the son of Barad, who destroyed Madiam in the plain of Moab and the name of his city was Gethaim. And he himself was the son of his father Zare, one of the sons of Esau, and of his mother Bosorrha, so that he was the fifth from Abraam. This man is described in the Syriac book as living in the land of Ausis, on the borders of Idumea and Arabia: and his name before was Jobab and having taken an Arabian wife, he begot a son whose name was Ennon. The Septuagint version of Job contains a conclusion that is missing from the Masoretic Text:
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