LAND OF, the country of Job. As there were three persons of this
name, namely, the son of Aram, the son of Nahor, and the grandson of
Seir the Horite, commentators are divided in their opinion as to the
situation of the country meant by the land of Uz. Bochart, Spanheim,
Calmet, Wells, and others, place it in Arabia Deserta. Michaëlis places
it in the valley of Damascus; which city was, in fact, built by Uz, the
grandson of Shem. Archbishop Magee, Bishop Lowth, Dr. Hales, Dr. Good,
and others, with more reason, fix the scene of the history of Job in
Idumea. This is also the opinion of Mr. Horne, who refers for a
confirmation of it to Lam. iv, 21, where Uz is expressly said to be in
Edom; and to Jer. xlix, 7, 8, 20; Ezek. xxv, 13; Amos i, 11, 12; Obad.
8, 9, where both Teman and Dedan are described as inhabitants of Edom.
In effect, says Mr. Horne, nothing is clearer than that the history of
an inhabitant of Idumea is the subject of the poem which bears the name
of Job, and that all the persons introduced into it were Idumeans,
dwelling in Idumea; in other words, Edomite Arabs.
name, namely, the son of Aram, the son of Nahor, and the grandson of
Seir the Horite, commentators are divided in their opinion as to the
situation of the country meant by the land of Uz. Bochart, Spanheim,
Calmet, Wells, and others, place it in Arabia Deserta. Michaëlis places
it in the valley of Damascus; which city was, in fact, built by Uz, the
grandson of Shem. Archbishop Magee, Bishop Lowth, Dr. Hales, Dr. Good,
and others, with more reason, fix the scene of the history of Job in
Idumea. This is also the opinion of Mr. Horne, who refers for a
confirmation of it to Lam. iv, 21, where Uz is expressly said to be in
Edom; and to Jer. xlix, 7, 8, 20; Ezek. xxv, 13; Amos i, 11, 12; Obad.
8, 9, where both Teman and Dedan are described as inhabitants of Edom.
In effect, says Mr. Horne, nothing is clearer than that the history of
an inhabitant of Idumea is the subject of the poem which bears the name
of Job, and that all the persons introduced into it were Idumeans,
dwelling in Idumea; in other words, Edomite Arabs.