The Book of Job
Archimandrite Nikifor’s Biblical Encyclopedia
consists of forty-two chapters and belongs to the didactic books, for it teaches patience in affliction. In the source's order of Old Testament books it stands between Esther and Psalms; in Hebrew Bibles, between Proverbs and the Song of Songs; and in Syriac Bibles, between Deuteronomy and Joshua. Its contents may be outlined as follows: