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On Job: Text and Manuscripts

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Iste job , ut tradunt quidam, fuit secundus rex post bale in edom, qui et in genesi dicitur jobab , pronepos esau , sed hebrei dicunt eum descendisse de hus , primogenito nachor .
This Job, some say, was the second king in Edom after Bela. And in Genesis he is called Jobab, the great-grandson of Esau, but the Hebrews say he is descended from Hus, the firstborn of Nahor.

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Image excerpts from the manuscripts (as grouped by main graph versions) are the result of tool-based image annotation (via Cadmus) or manual extraction. For each manuscript version only these visually annotated manuscripts are listed here. For the grouping of all manuscripts we provide a separate list (Manuscript groups). Transcriptions are semi-diplomatic following project specific rules.

Version

Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 29 (C2)

Iste Job ut tradunt quidam. fuit secundus rex post bale in
edom . qui. et in genesi dicitur iobab . pronepos esau. sed
hebrei dicunt eum descendisse de hus primogenito
nachor.


Version 1

Wien, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Cod. 363 (W)

Manuscript group AT1

Iste iob ut tradunt quidam fuit secundus rex post bale in edom. qui et in genesi
dicitur iobab pronepos esau sed hebrei dicunt eum descendisse de hus
primogenito nachor.

Auxerre, Bibliothèque municipale, Ms. 145 (Ax)

Manuscript group FR2

Iste
iob ut
tradunt qui
dam fuit secundus
rex post ba
le in edom.
qui et in genesi
dicitur iob
ab pronepos
esau. sed hebrei
dicunt eum
des
cendisse de
hus primoge
nito nachor.

Cambridge, Trinity College, MS B.15.5 (C)

Manuscript group GB6

Iste iob ut tradunt quidam fuit secundus rex
post bale in edom. qui et in genesi dicitur iobab pro
nepos esau. Sed hebrei dicunt eum descendisse
de hus primogenito nachor.


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Citation recommendation

On Job: Text and Manuscripts. In: Peter of Poitiers' Compendium historiae: a research platform and edition, ed. by Andrea Worm, et al., Graz: 2026. https://gams.uni-graz.at/query:chigc.thirdlayer?params=$1|t-job.

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  • Project principal investigators: Andrea Worm, Roman Bleier and Patrick Sahle
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