Job
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Summary
Job is a human biblical figure[1]. He was born on 2180 BC[2]. He ranks in the top 10% of human biblical figure entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10,849 views/month).[3]
Key Facts
- Spouse: Job's wife[4]
- Child: Keziah[5], Jemima[6], Keren-happuch[7]
- Ethnic group: UZ[8]
- Religion or worldview: Nabataean religion[9]
- Sex or gender: male[10]
- Commons category: Job[11]
- Language of work or name: Canaanite[12]
- Said to be the same as: Job in Islam[13], Job in rabbinic literature[14]
- Residence: Land of Uz[15]
- Feast day: May 10[16]
- Topic's main category: Category:Job (biblical figure)[17]
- Work location: Palestine[18], Land of Uz[19]
- Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[20], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[21], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[22], Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[23], Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus[24], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[25], Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[26], Islamskiy entsiklopedicheskiy slovar'[27], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[28], The New Student's Reference Work[29]
- Languages spoken, written or signed: Canaanite[30]
- Present in work: Bible[31], Qur’an[32]
- Copyright status: public domain[33]
- Not found in: Pauly–Wissowa[34]
Body
Works and Contributions
Things named for Job include Answer to him[35], a literary work[36], written by Carl Jung[37]; he: A Comedy of Justice[38], a literary work[39], written by Robert A. Heinlein[40]; and San Giobbe[41], a church building[42], in Italy[43], founded in 1450[44].
Why It Matters
Job has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[45] He is known by 49 alternative names across languages and contexts.[46]
Entities named for him include Answer to him[35], a literary work[36], written by Carl Jung[37]; he: A Comedy of Justice[38], a literary work[39], written by Robert A. Heinlein[40]; and San Giobbe[41], a church building[42], in Italy[43], founded in 1450[44].
FAQs
Who was Job married to?
Job's spouses include Job's wife[4].