[Avodah] Iyov

[Eli Turkel]

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> <<That gemara was quoted in reponse to my citing the gemara on the previous
> amud which says Moshe wrote seifer Iyov. Some of the opinions place
> Iyov well after Moshe in history.  I just pointed out that the gemara says
> the discussion is
> about how long he lived, since it was also darshened that he had the
> lifetime of a tree. From that perspective, each consequent opinion makes
> the neis of his
> longevity longer and longer. Rather than saying they were disagreeing
> that he lived in Moshe's day.>>


As I understand it Micha and I have a basic disagreement. He is trying to
limit the machloket in the gemara while I am more disturbed by claims that
people lived extraordinarily long lives (over 1000 years) . While others
take the gemara literally that Pinchas was Eliyahu I prefer
the interpretations that the gemara is pointing out similarities between
the two. Similarly the gemara identifies calev ben yefune with calev ben
chetzron and others have remarked about the problem. In addition I am not
happy about Moshe writing about an event centuries after his life when we
are not talking about nevuah.
-- 
Eli Turkel
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