Wes Morriston at the U of Colorado, Boulder has a philosophy page for people who like to think hard, with a link to his excellent Essay on Job.
Scott Noegel's Okeanos site has many good links for classical and pre-classical civilization with an emphasis on Biblical studies. He was recently Assistant Prof. at Rice U. in Texas, now at U of Washington Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations.
Dave Stewart at UC Berkeley actually produced Job as a play in the 1970's and took it on tour in Oregon and Washington. His considered opinion, though, is that while Job may have been read aloud for an audience, complete with gesture, it was probably was not played and definitely was not Greek tragedy - more Brechtian than Greek, if he is put to it. There is a reference to his article in the journal Jagnes 3:1 at his web page.
Bob Sheldon has a great site with the best links including links to translations in many languages, even pigLatin : The Book of Job: A multiperspectival approach to the problem of evil, the suffering of the righteous, and the justice of God. A theodicy.
Jessamyn Birrer has a thoughtful essay on Job: "Tilting Whirlwinds - Suffering and Remedy in the Book of Job".
Prof Tom Costa at Clinch Valley College in Virginia has posted a whimsically translated short version of Job credit to Belle Tuten. I can't find Ms Tuten though. Anyone have a lead? I'm thinking maybe she translated the whole book in the same vein and has it stored away in a folder waiting to be rescued!
Prof Barry L. Bandstra at Hope College in Holland, Michigan, has many pages outlining the entire Old Testament, including, of course, a section on Job.
Edwardson Tan has a large presence on the web and off in one corner is an essay on Job from the Wisdom tradition. Job's wife as Sophia? The length of the arguments as the author's attempt to exhaust us? God lost the bet? Not to be missed by those who collect perspectives on Job.
As if in counterpoint to Edwardson Tan, we have the thoughtful Christian perspective of Mark D. Murtom. God lost the bet? Not on your life! Job was a hero of humanity. I do think so, too, but, but...
More thoughtful comments on Job from a Latter Day Saints Seminar -- well worth reading.
John Wesley's notes for the Book of Job seem dated.
Job as prototypical horror at http://wpl.lib.in.us/roger/JOB.HTML
by Roger Schlobin. But he forgets
that it was when Job prayed for his friends that God finally turned things
around for him. And Job as Greek
Tragedy. Well, yes to the Greek tragedy, but no to the horror,
which is a more modern invention.
New American Standard Version NASB at the Bible Gateway.
Douay-Rheims Bible version of Job at http://www.cybercomm.net/%7Edcon/OT/job.html.
King James Version at http://www.cforc.com/kjv/Job/1.html.
Revised Standard Version at http://stripe.colorado.edu/~morristo/JOB.html.
Darby Version - Darby at the Bible Gateway.
Young's Literal Translation - YLT at the Bible Gateway.
King James Version KJV at the Bible Gateway.
last changed August 5, 2001