ANSWERS Bible Q & A » -Old Testament http://answersforthefaith.com/bibleq ANSWERS For The Faith Blog Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:17:15 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 -Which Came First Moses or Job -or- who Lived the Longest? http://answersforthefaith.com/bibleq/2010/10/10/which-came-first-moses-or-job-or-who-lived-the-longest/ http://answersforthefaith.com/bibleq/2010/10/10/which-came-first-moses-or-job-or-who-lived-the-longest/#comments Sun, 10 Oct 2010 07:01:19 +0000 Dr. D http://answersforthefaith.com/bibleq/2010/10/09/which-came-first-moses-or-job-or-who-lived-the-longest/ Q:  Please who was older between Job and Moses? Where in the Bible can I find verses to show who was older?

A:  Are you asking which came first or who lived the longest?

Most Bible scholars believe that Job was written before Moses came along. In fact many think that Job is the oldest book in the Bible though Moses writes about the beginning and a much earlier time in the Book of Genesis.

Other than the Book of Job and a reference in Ezekiel (14:14,20) the man Job is not mentioned anywhere else in the Bible. So there is no particular Bible verse that would prove it one way or another but the culture in the Book of Job reflects an earlier time frame (Patriarch Period) than that of Moses.

Who Lived the longest? Job.

According to the Book of Job (42: 16) he lived 140 years after the trouble recorded in the book and was ‘full of days’ and saw 4 generations of his posterity. Since in the beginning of the book he was already a mature man with adult children he probably lived for more than 180 years at least.

Moses lived to be 120 years old according to Deut. 34:7.

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A:  The Ethiopians have a long tradition that it is, however the Ethiopian Church authorities will not let scholars inspect the Ark in their possession or even look at it for that matter. You probably heard about it because it was recently in the news. <<Here’s a link to an article I wrote on this issue>>

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A:  Abraham. From the very beginning, Adam and his family gave offerings to God (Gen. 4:3-5). However, the first mention of a tenth or a tithe being given is found in Gen. 14:18-20. Abraham had just won a great battle against some enemies and recovered his nephew Lot and his family.

He gave a tenth of everything on the way back in thanksgiving for the victory–given to Melchizedek the priest of God in Salem (later called Jerusalem). Note also that he refused to keep any of the spoils for himself.  (Revised 12/17/08)          *Top

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What i really want to know is whether these Biblical prophets and their prophecies exist in any Jewish books and if they are, why are Christians not using the Jewish books such as the Torah but use the Bible instead.  Thanks  Mudy

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A:  Thanks for your Question Mudy.  Actually the entire ‘Christian’ Bible is Jewish, all 66 books.  The first five books of the Bible–Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, numbers, and Deuteronomy–is the Jewish Torah. The ‘Old Testament’ in the Christian Bible is the Jewish ‘Tanakh’–the Jewish Scriptures–which include the Torah, the Prophets, and the Writings.

Even the Christian ‘New Testament’ books–the Gospels, the Acts, the letters, and Revelation were written by early Christians who were all Jews–that even includes Dr. Luke who wrote Luke & Acts who was a Greek with a Jewish mother. The entire Bible was written by Jews, except maybe Job which may have been written even before the Torah.

The prophets and prophesies you refer to–Jeremiah,Isaiah, and others who did prophesy of coming of Jesus, are found in the Old testament of the Bible–The Tanakh of the Jewish religion.

Also the stories of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob are found in the first book of the Bible–Genesis, and the story of Moses is found in the following books of Exodus, Leviticus, numbers and Deuteronomy—the first five books of the Christian Bible and also the Jewish Torah.

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