The Testament of Job

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The Testament of Job retells the Book of Job as Job's own deathbed testament to his children. In this version, Job is not a passive sufferer but a champion who knows exactly what is happening to him — who understands that Satan is attacking him with God's permission and endures willingly, confident of his ultimate vindication. The theology of suffering is thereby transformed: the canonical Job's a

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Edition095

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TraditionLost Scripture

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01 / Historical context

1st century BC–1st century AD. Job's own account of his sufferings and his daughters' inheritance of divine language. A radically different version of the most asked question in th

02 / Why it matters

Job's daughters inherited a language. The Bible hid it. Here it is.

From / associated with the text

“"And the first daughter put on her sash, and she uttered an ecstatic utterance in the angelic dialect, and sent up a hymn to God after the manner of the angels."”

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The Testament of Job

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