Job

Summary

Job is a human biblical figure^[1]. He ranks in the top 10% of human_biblical_figure entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,921 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Job was married to Job's wife^[3].
• A child of Job was Keziah^[4].
• A child of Job was Jemima^[5].
• A child of Job was Keren-happuch^[6].
• Job is identified as part of the UZ ethnic group^[7].
• Job's religion is recorded as Nabataean religion^[8].
• Job is recorded as male^[9].
• Job's instance of is recorded as human biblical figure^[10].
• Job's Commons category is recorded as Job^[11].
• Job's language of work or name is recorded as Canaanite^[12].
• Job's said to be the same as is recorded as Job in Islam^[13].
• Job's said to be the same as is recorded as Job in rabbinic literature^[14].
• Job's residence is recorded as Land of Uz^[15].
• Job's feast day is recorded as May 10^[16].
• Job's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Job (biblical figure)^[17].
• Job's work location is recorded as Palestine^[18].
• Job's work location is recorded as Land of Uz^[19].
• Job's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia^[20].
• Job's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[21].
• Job's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[22].
• Job's described by source is recorded as Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron^[23].
• Job's described by source is recorded as Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus^[24].
• Job's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)^[25].
• Job's described by source is recorded as Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary^[26].
• Job's described by source is recorded as Islamskiy entsiklopedicheskiy slovar'^[27].

Body

Origins and Family

Job is identified as part of the UZ ethnic group^[7].

Personal Life

Job was married to his wife^[3]. Children include Keziah^[4], a human biblical figure^[28]; Jemima^[5], a human biblical figure^[29]; and Keren-happuch^[6], a human biblical figure^[30]. His religion is recorded as Nabataean religion^[8].

Works and Contributions

Things named for Job include Answer to him^[31], a literary work^[32], written by Carl Jung^[33]; he: A Comedy of Justice^[34], a literary work^[35], written by Robert A. Heinlein^[36]; and San Giobbe^[37], a church building^[38], in Italy^[39], founded in 1450^[40].

Why It Matters

Job ranks in the top 10% of human_biblical_figure entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,921 views/month).^[2] He has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[41] He is known by 31 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[42]

Entities named for him include Answer to him^[31], a literary work^[32], written by Carl Jung^[33]; he: A Comedy of Justice^[34], a literary work^[35], written by Robert A. Heinlein^[36]; and San Giobbe^[37], a church building^[38], in Italy^[39], founded in 1450^[40].

FAQs

Who was Job married to?

Job's spouses include Job's wife^[3].