Editing Book of Job (section)

==Structure==
[[File:Job Scroll (cropped).jpg|thumb|A scroll of the Book of Job, in Hebrew]]
The Book of Job consists of a prose prologue and epilogue narrative framing poetic dialogues and monologues.{{sfn|Bullock|2007|p=87}} It is common to view the narrative frame as the original core of the book, enlarged later by the poetic dialogues and discourses, and sections of the book such as the Elihu speeches and the wisdom poem of [[Job 28|chapter 28]] as late insertions, but recent trends have tended to concentrate on the book's underlying editorial unity.{{sfn|Walton|2008|p=343}}

# {{em|Prologue}}: in two scenes, the first on Earth, the second in Heaven<ref>{{Bibleverse|Job|1–2}}</ref>
# {{em|Job's opening monologue}}<ref>{{Bibleverse|Job|3}}</ref> – seen by some scholars as a bridge between the prologue and the dialogues and by others as the beginning of the dialogues{{sfn|Walton|2008|p=333}} – and {{em|three cycles of dialogues}} between Job and his three friends;<ref>{{Bibleverse|Job|4–27}}</ref> the third cycle is not complete, the expected speech of Zophar being replaced by the wisdom poem of chapter 28.{{sfn|Kugler|Hartin|2009|p=191}}{{pb}}{{bulleted list|{{em|First cycle:}}|[[Eliphaz (Job)|Eliphaz]] and Job's response<ref>{{Bibleverse|Job|4–7}}</ref>|[[Bildad]] and Job<ref>{{Bibleverse|Job|8–10}}</ref>|[[Zophar]] and Job<ref>{{Bibleverse|Job|11–14}}</ref>|{{em|Second cycle:}}|Eliphaz and Job<ref>{{Bibleverse|Job|15–17}}</ref>|Bildad and Job<ref>{{Bibleverse|Job|18-19}}</ref>|Zophar and Job<ref>{{Bibleverse|Job|20-21}}</ref>|{{em|Third cycle:}}|Eliphaz and Job<ref>{{Bibleverse|Job|22–24}}</ref>|Bildad and Job<ref>{{Bibleverse|Job|25–27}}</ref>}}
# {{em|Three monologues}}:{{pb}}{{bulleted list|A {{em|Poem to Wisdom}}{{efn|Chapter 28,<ref>{{bibleverse|Job|28}}</ref> previously read as part of the speech of Job, is now regarded by most scholars as a separate interlude in the narrator's voice.}}{{sfn|Walton|2008|p=333}}|{{em|Job's closing monologue}}<ref>{{Bibleverse|Job|29–31}}</ref>|and {{em|[[Elihu (Job)|Elihu]]'s speeches}}<ref>{{bibleverse|Job|32–37}}</ref>}}
# {{em|Three speeches by God}},<ref>{{bibleverse|Job|38:1–40:2}}, {{bibleverse|Job|40:6–41:34}}, and {{bibleverse|Job|42:7–8}}</ref> with Job's responses
# {{em|Epilogue}} – Job's restoration<ref>{{bibleverse|Job|42:9–17}}</ref>