''Moralia in Job'' ("Morals in Job"), also called ''Moralia, sive Expositio in Job'' ("Morals, or Narration about Job") or ''Magna Moralia'' ("Great Morals"), is a

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on the ''

Book of Job The Book of Job (), or simply Job, is a book found in the Ketuvim ("Writings") section of the Hebrew Bible and the first of the Poetic Books in the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. The language of the Book of Job, combining post-Babylonia ...

'' by

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

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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) *''

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'', volumes 75–76.
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'' (4 vols., Oxford, 1844)

External links

* Found on the website: Lectionary Central. * {{Authority control 6th-century books in Latin 6th-century Christian texts Biblical commentaries Works by Pope Gregory I Late Latin literature Book of Job 590s 595