چکیده:
One of the most important methodology of textual study as a basis for religion study is historical criticism which was formed regarding the Bible about 18th century.One of the books that Protestants took into most consideration، was the book of Job.Trying for reconstruction of past realities، free from influence of any dogma، theological thoughts or traditional interpretations، shows that these books، including the book of Job، aren’t compositional but really redactional، i.e. several authors or editors were involved in compiling، revising & manipulating in some different periods.Regarding historical criticism steps، this research deals to source، form & redation criticism & by this complicated editorial process we find that past dispersed Hebrew traditions as smaller pericopes opened their way gradually to greater periscopes in canon.Thus it is said that interpretation & understanding of Jewish literature is as Jewish history.
خلاصه ماشینی:
In this regard, this research, considering the various stages of historical criticism in the approach known as (Higher criticism), deals with source criticism, form criticism, or the study of style and structure—the formal characteristics of the book—and redaction criticism, or the investigation of how the sources of the Book of Job were collected, arranged, corrected, and edited.
The Book of Job is a complex and profound literary work that, in the form of a story and then persistent dialogues, has been one of the oldest intellectual and theological challenges in religions.
3. It seems that the book has a historical basis, but in all probability, an author took a framework from this real story for their poetry, and in later periods, through various additions, edits, and reconstructions (possibly until 200 BC), its final form was compiled (Schindewind, 2004, pp.
However, a researcher such as Schindewind believes that: the poetic section of the book, which consists of archaic and ancient poems, was added to a prose legend during the Persian period, meaning under Iranian influence and after the Babylonian captivity.
Of course, considering Ezekiel's reference to Job and the archaic language of the poetic section, the date of composition can be estimated as far back as the 8th century BC.
In the end, perhaps the most acceptable theory is that the dialogue section was composed first, and the compiler or final author of the entire book saw fit to provide a new framework for the material (ibid.
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