GD> JH> Please cite one or more of those
GD> JH> "extant" versions of Job in Hebrew, from before
that time, which
GD> JH> leave out the "happy ending."

GD>Notice that the Septuagint *is* in Greek.  Like much/most of the xian
GD>bible that comes after it, the tales are re-written to fit the 
GD>audience.  

Damn, son, I always saw you as a joker...NOW I see you as a fighter.
Right on!

GD> GD> Yep.  Genesis is a hodgepodge of writings supposedly written by
GD> GD> Abraham.

GD> JH> Chapters 1 - 11a may seem a bit of a hodgepodge at first glance,
GD> JH> but I think with a bit of study, some sort of order may be made
GD> JH> of it by a person such as yourself. Abraham is introduced
GD> JH> starting in Ch 11b, and the remainder of the book deals with his
GD> JH> history and that of his descendants. Abraham dies in Chapter 25.

GD>He's considered the writer of Genisis.  

GD>How does he die before the book is finished? 

Echoes of the Yahwist/Elohist debates!
  .
Please DO state that Genesis was partly writ by polytheists, which puts 
a hard dick to the idea that Christianity is based upon ONE God.
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