Book of Job

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Book of Job

Summary

Book of Job is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 0.6% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,121 views/month, #170 of 28,446).[2]

Key Facts

  • Book of Job's instance of is recorded as literary work[3].
  • Book of Job's instance of is recorded as book of the Bible[4].
  • Book of Job's genre is wisdom literature[5].
  • Book of Job is part of Ketuvim[6].
  • Book of Job is part of Old Testament[7].
  • Book of Job is part of Sapiential Books[8].
  • Book of Job is part of Sifre Emet[9].
  • Book of Job's Commons category is recorded as Book of Job[10].
  • Book of Job's language of work or name is recorded as Biblical Hebrew[11].
  • Book of Job comprises Job 1[12].
  • Book of Job comprises Job 2[13].
  • Book of Job comprises Job 3[14].
  • Book of Job comprises Job 4[15].
  • Book of Job comprises Job 5[16].
  • Book of Job comprises Job 6[17].
  • Book of Job comprises Job 7[18].
  • Book of Job comprises Job 8[19].
  • Book of Job comprises Job 9[20].
  • Book of Job comprises Job 10[21].
  • Book of Job comprises Job 11[22].
  • Book of Job comprises Job 12[23].
  • Book of Job comprises Job 13[24].
  • Book of Job comprises Job 14[25].
  • Book of Job comprises Job 15[26].
  • Book of Job comprises Job 16[27].

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Publication

Book of Job's language of work or name is recorded as Biblical Hebrew[11]. Its genre is wisdom literature[5]. Part of include Ketuvim[6], a religious text[28]; Old Testament[7], a literary work[29], written by various authors[30]; Sapiential Books[8], a religious text[31]; and Sifre Emet[9], a group[32].

Why It Matters

Book of Job ranks in the top 0.6% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,121 views/month, #170 of 28,446).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] It is known by 26 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
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  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 22d ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id n0000006-Bible
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: n0000006-Bible, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259496|batch #259496]]"
  2. 5w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-05-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source The Catholic Encyclopedia, Otto's encyclopedia, Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus +3
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/33786|batch #33786]]: Remove redundant described by source (P1343) - ID P14483 is present."
  3. 5w ago · XeNivalys · 2026-05-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image purged license
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    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P14483]]: l/libro-de-job, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1779856745649"
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