page_title: Book of Job
section_title: Later influence and interpretation
hierarchical_section_title: Book of Job / Later influence and interpretation
caption_attribution_description: English: Carved wooden figure of Job. Probably from Germany, 1750-1850 CE. The Wellcome Collection, London.
context_page_description: The Book of Job addresses the problem of theodicy, meaning the vindication of the justice of God in the light of humanity's suffering. A rich theological work setting out a variety of perspectives, it has been widely and extravagantly praised for its literary qualities, with Alfred Lord Tennyson calling it "the greatest poem of ancient and modern times". It is found in the Ketuvim section of the Hebrew Bible, and is the first poetic book in the Old Testament of the Christian Bible.
caption: Carved wooden figure of Job. Probably from Germany, 1750–1850 CE. The Wellcome Collection, London
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