"Hast thou considerered my servant Job"

In the Hebrew Scriptures, Job belongs to "The Writings" - the poetic books, but including Ezra, Nehemiah, Chronicles and prophet Daniel. it is a drama - the narrativies at the beginning and end are in prose, the speeches and answers of the friends, Elihu, Job, and God Himself in Poetry. Bout of course, the poetic content of the book does not dminish its reality or reliability: here is the true record of the suffereings of a servant of God.

Yet, inspired though it is, the book of Job is not without its problems, and each new generation of readers has to learn to compredhend its message.