Reply To: Iyov- who was he??

I never heard the Moshe R’ theory, but I did hear he was from the time of the Avos, he was not a Jew, etc. etc. and that he may never have existed except as a lesson for us in emunah. He did not daven for the welfare of others, he was a man who considered himself “an island.” And that is why he was tested, according to one theory.