Moralia in Job

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Christian literature biblical commentary theological work

Moralia in Job is a monumental 6th-century biblical commentary by Pope Gregory the Great that offers moral and allegorical interpretations of the Book of Job.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Moralia in Job canonical	4
Expositio in librum Iob	1
Moralia in Iob	1
Scholia on Job	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian literature ⓘ biblical commentary ⓘ theological work ⓘ
aimsTo	interpret suffering in a Christian framework ⓘ provide moral instruction ⓘ
associatedWith	Papal teaching of Gregory the Great ⓘ
author	Gregory the Great ⓘ Gregory the Great ⓘ surface form: Pope Gregory I
basedOnWork	Book of Job ⓘ
centuryOfOrigin	6th century ⓘ
circulatedIn	medieval Latin West ⓘ
componentOf	Patristic commentaries on the Old Testament ⓘ
dateOfComposition	6th century ⓘ
focusesOn	allegorical interpretation of Scripture ⓘ moral interpretation of Scripture ⓘ
hasPerspective	allegorical ⓘ ascetical ⓘ moral ⓘ pastoral ⓘ
historicalContext	pontificate of Gregory the Great ⓘ
influenced	medieval biblical exegesis ⓘ medieval moral theology ⓘ monastic spirituality ⓘ
language	Latin ⓘ
literaryGenre	allegorical commentary ⓘ biblical exegesis ⓘ moral commentary ⓘ
mainSubject	Book of Job ⓘ
notableFor	influence on later commentators on Job ⓘ integration of moral and allegorical exegesis ⓘ length and comprehensiveness ⓘ
originalTitle	Moralia in Job self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Expositio in librum Iob Moralia in Job self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Moralia in Iob
period	Late Antiquity ⓘ
placeInTradition	Latin patristic literature ⓘ
preservedIn	medieval manuscripts ⓘ
religiousTradition	Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Catholicism Christianity ⓘ
scripturalBookCommented	Book of Job ⓘ
theologicalDiscipline	moral theology ⓘ spiritual exegesis ⓘ
title	Moralia in Job self-link ⓘ
tradition	Latin Church Fathers ⓘ surface form: Western Church Fathers
usedIn	clerical education ⓘ monastic reading ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pope Gregory the Dialogist → notableWork → Moralia in Job ⓘ

Gregory the Great → notableWork → Moralia in Job ⓘ

Scholia on Proverbs → relatedWork → Moralia in Job ⓘ

this entity surface form: Scholia on Job

Moralia in Job → title → Moralia in Job self-link ⓘ

Moralia in Job → originalTitle → Moralia in Job self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Moralia in Iob

Moralia in Job → originalTitle → Moralia in Job self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Expositio in librum Iob

Homilies on the Gospels → relatedWork → Moralia in Job ⓘ