Book of Job is it an Allegory?

[pelathais]

Originally Posted by Steve Epley

For those who doubt the historical account of Job being a real person it would on take a casual glance at the scriptures where he is mentioned to realiza he was a real person note:
Ez. 14:14...he is listed with Daniel and Noah were they fictional characters?
James 5:11 refers to Job as a person.
Fanciful interpetations come because folks don't study the Bible.
Just wanted to be a help.

Eliphaz appears to have been a descendant of Esau. Esau had a son named Eliphaz who had a son named Teman. This Teman gave his name to a region of the ancient kingdom of Edom (Habakkuk 3:3).

The presence of apparently historical characters in the story does not mean that the story itself could not have been intended to be understood as a parable. Consider Jesus' reference to Abraham in Luke 16:19-31; a story that Luke clearly says is one of a series of parables.

I suppose I could insert some cranky comment about folks who haven't bothered to read the Gospel of Luke, but I'm not feeling cranky at the moment.