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God speaks to Job. JobXXXVIII, Mount Athos; Megisti Lavra Monastery, Codex B. 100, 12th century. There are fourteen known Byzantine manuscripts of the Book of Job dating from the 9th to 14th centuries, as well as a post-Byzantine codex illuminated with cycle of miniatures.
Some of the Byzantine illuminated manuscripts were created at the request of patrons and were used for both for private viewing and church services. Requesting the illuminating lectionary, Gospel Books , was a way for patrons to show their devotion to Christianity and religious institutions. [ 2 ]
A summon to Job (Job 36:1–21) A hymn of praise to God as creator (Job 36:22–37:13) A concluding address to Job (Job 37:14–24) [17] "God speaks to Job", from: Book of Job in Illuminated Byzantine Manuscripts with Cyclic Illustration (AD 900). Monastery of St.John the Theologian, Patmos.
Codex Alexandrinus, the oldest Greek witness of the Byzantine text in the Gospels, close to the Family Π (Luke 12:54-13:4). The earliest clear notable patristic witnesses to the Byzantine text come from early eastern church fathers such as Gregory of Nyssa (335 – c. 395), John Chrysostom (347 – 407), Basil the Great (330 – 379) and Cyril of Jerusalem (313 – 386).
A scroll of the Book of Job, in Hebrew. The Book of Job consists of a prose prologue and epilogue narrative framing poetic dialogues and monologues. [4] It is common to view the narrative frame as the original core of the book, enlarged later by the poetic dialogues and discourses, and sections of the book such as the Elihu speeches and the wisdom poem of chapter 28 as late insertions, but ...
Job restates his insistence on his integrity (verses 1–6) Job accuses his friends to be among the wicked by going against him (verses 7–12) Job proceeds to state the future lot of the wicked (verses 13–23) [13] "Job and his three friends". From: Book of Job in Illuminated Manuscripts.List of Byzantine Manuscripts with Cyclic Illustration ...
The Moralia in Job of 945 is an illuminated manuscript of 502 bound folios, containing the text of the Commentary on Job by Gregory the Great. A colophon on the verso of its folio 500 shows its copying and illumination was completed on 11 April 945 by one Florentius in the monastery of Valeránica in what is now the town of Tordómar in Spain.
In folktale manner in the style of Jewish aggada, [2] it elaborates upon the Book of Job making Job a king in Egypt. Like many other Testament of ... works in the Old Testament apocrypha, it gives the narrative a framing-tale of Job's last illness, in which he calls together his sons and daughters to give them his final instructions and exhortations.