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The Talmud answers: Say that the baraita means that the duration of Job’s life lasted as long as from when Israel entered Egypt until when they left, but not that he lived during that specific time frame.
The Talmud raises an objection from another baraita against the notion that Job was a Jew: 7 prophets prophesied to the non-Jewish nations, and they are: Balaam and his father Beor, and Job, Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite, and Elihu ben Barachel the Buzite,
Rather, one must explain that Elihu is included in this list because he prophesied to the non-Jewish nations; and so too it may be maintained that Job is included in this list, even though he is Jewish, because he prophesied to the non-Jewish nations. The Talmud asks: But did not all the other pr
The Talmud raises an objection from what is taught in a different baraita: There was a certain pious man among the non-Jewish nations and his name was Job, and he came into the world only to receive his reward. God brought afflictions upon him, and he began to blaspheme and curse. God doubled his r
The Talmud responds: The matter of whether or not Job was Jewish is a dispute between tanna’im, as it is taught in a baraita with regard to the period during which Job lived: R' Elazar says: Job lived in the days of the judging of the Judges, as it is stated in connection with Job: “Behold, all you