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ID: 901000836
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901000836
Record Type: Character/Person

Job (Old Testament character)

Note: Protagonist of the Book of Job, in whichSatan acts as an agent provocateur to test whether or not Job’s piety is rooted merely in his prosperity. But faced with the appalling loss of his possessions, his children, and finally his own health, Job still refuses to curse God.

Names:
Job (Old Testament character) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
Job, the patriarch (Old Testament character) (English,U,N)
Ayyūb (Old Testament character) (undetermined,U,N)
Eyyüb (Old Testament character) (undetermined,U,N)
Giobbe (Old Testament character) (Italian-P,D,N)
Hiob (Old Testament character) (undetermined,U,N)
Ijob (Old Testament character) (undetermined,U,N)
Iyov (Old Testament character) (undetermined,U,N)
Nabi Ajub (Old Testament character) (undetermined,U,N)
איוב (Old Testament character) (Hebrew,U,N)

Hierarchical Position:
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
....<Old Testament iconography> (P)
........<Old Testament characters> (P)
............Job (Old Testament character) (I)
Other Relationships:
role/characteristic is .... religious character
.....(characters (people by activity), people by activity, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
culture/religion is .... Old Testament (culture or period)
.....(Ancient Middle Eastern, Near Eastern (Early Western World), Early Western World, styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:
Job (Old Testament character)
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) n 50040036
................Iconclass Illustrated Edition (2022-) in 71W61 Job's lament
Job, the patriarch (Old Testament character)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
Ayyūb (Old Testament character)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
Eyyüb (Old Testament character)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
Giobbe (Old Testament character)
................ICCD database (1988-)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
Hiob (Old Testament character)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
Ijob (Old Testament character)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
Iyov (Old Testament character)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
Nabi Ajub (Old Testament character)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
איוב (Old Testament character)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
Iconography Record Sources:
................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) in "Book of Job," accessed 30 June 2017
................ New Catholic Encyclopedia, 2nd edition [online] (2003-)
................ Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) n 50040036

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