Excerpt from A New Translation and Exposition of the Very Ancient Book of Job Hebrew by birth and native language, and an Arabian by icng residence and local study. He adds, there is intrinsic evidence, that as a Hebrew he must have flou rished and have written the work antecedently to the Egyptian e'xody. The annals of the world do not present to us a single nation so completely wrapped up in their own history as the Hebrews. Throughout every book, both in the Old and New Testament, in which it could possibly be adverted to, the eye of the writer turns to different parts of it, and dwells Upon it with inextinguishable fondness The call of Abraham, the bondage and miracles in Egypt, the journeying through the wilderness, the delivery of the Law, the passage of the Red Sea and of Jordan, &c. &c., are perpetually brought before us, as ornaments and illustrations of the subject discussed. To none of these, however, does. The Book of Job make the smallest refer ence. He observes, moreover, that this poem is dcca sionally quoted and copied by almost every Hebrew Writer, who had an opportunity of referring to it, from the age of Moses to that of Malachi; especially by the Psalmist, Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Ezekiel - leading us by a collateral, though not quite so direct, a train of evidence, to a similar conclusion as to its high origin and anti quity. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.