An idea from Guide for the Perplexed

Some early sages said Job never lived and his story is a parable. Either way, Job is called upright, never wise. His despair comes from treating health, wealth and children as the highest goods. Once he knows God firsthand, the losses stop shaking him.

From Guide for the Perplexed by Moses Maimonides

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