Intro to Iyov - Part 2: More on Authorship

Length: 1 hour 10 minutes
Synopsis: This morning (9/19/25), in our Friday morning Machshavah Lab sreies for women, we began with a comprehensive review of what we covered in Part 1, adding and clarifying the points we previously discussed. It was so comprehensive, in fact, that it took up the majority of our shiur! We used the remaining time to wrap up the question of Sefer Iyov's authorship, paving the way for our next planned topic: the question of historicity. When did Iyov live, if he was even a real person?
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מקורות:
בבא בתרא דף יד עמוד ב
רמב"ם - פירוש המשניות, חגיגה ב:א
רלב"ג ביאור הפרשה - שמות לג:יט
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות יסודי התורה ב:ז
רמב"ן - הקדמה לספר איוב
ספורנו - הקדמה לספר איוב
אבן עזרא - איוב ב:יא
Robert Alter, Translation of the Book of Job: Preface
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