4QpalaeoJobc, dated to 225–150 B.C.E. This terminus ante quem is corroborated by the fact that Job is translated already into Greek probably by the middle of the second century B.C.E. The book of Tobit, composed in the late third or early second century B.C.E., contains numerous affinities with the book of Job. If Job is an inspiration for the story of Tobit, then Job must be dated earlier than Tobit. Most importantly, the fact that there are many affinities between Job and Deutero-Isaiah but virtually
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