''Moralia in Job'', also called ''Moralia, sive Expositio in Job'' or ''Magna Moralia'', is a

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on the '' Book of Job'' by

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, written between 578 and 595. It was begun when Gregory was at the court of Emperor

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, but finished only several years after he had returned to

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. It is Gregory's major work, filling some 35 books or 6 volumes. Its actual title is "An Extensive Consideration of Moral Questions".

Manuscripts

* Moralia in Job (British Library, Add MS 31031) (late 8th century) * Commentary on Job of 945 * Cîteaux Moralia in Job (1111)

Editions

Basel: Nicolaus Kesler

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(1496) *'' Patrologia Latina'', volumes 75–76.
English translation
in '' Library of the Fathers'' (4 vols., Oxford, 1844)

External links

* {{Authority control 6th-century Latin books 6th-century Christian texts Biblical commentaries Works by Pope Gregory I Late Latin literature Book of Job 590s 595