THE BOOK OF JOB AN INTRODUCTION TO THE BOOK I. THE AUTHOR OF THE BOOK Just as the human authors of several other of the Old Testament books are unknown, even so the human author of the book of Job is unknown. Although speculation is useless, many have been the guesses of scholars concerning the authorship of Job. A list of these guesses includes Job himself, Elihu, Moses, Solomon, Isaiah, Hezekiah, and Baruch (the scribe of Jeremiah). In many of the Bible’s books, a knowledge of the identity of the