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An illuminated initial from Gregory's *Commentary on Job*, Abbey of Saint-Pierre at Préaux, Normandy

Moralia in Job ("Morals in Job"), also called Moralia, sive Expositio in Job ("Morals, or Narration about Job") or Magna Moralia ("Great Morals"), is a commentary on the Book of Job by Gregory the Great, written between 578 and 595. It was begun when Gregory was at the court of Emperor Tiberius II in Constantinople, but finished only several years after he had returned to Rome. It is Gregory's major work, filling some 35 books or 6 volumes. Its actual title is "An Extensive Consideration of Moral Questions".

Manuscripts[edit]

Moralia in Job (British Library, Add MS 31031) (late 8th century)
Commentary on Job of 945
Cîteaux Moralia in Job (1111)

Editions[edit]

Basel: Nicolaus Kesler, Basel (1496)
Patrologia Latina, volumes 75–76.
English translation in Library of the Fathers (4 vols., Oxford, 1844)

External links[edit]

Morals on the Book of Job public domain audiobook at LibriVox

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+{{Short description|Commentary on the Book of Job by Pope Gregory I}}
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 [[Image:Blacksmithmonk.jpg|thumb|right|An [[Illuminated manuscript|illuminated initial]] from Gregory's ''Commentary on Job'', Abbey of Saint-Pierre at Préaux, Normandy]]
+'''''Moralia in Job''''' ("Morals in Job"), also called '''''Moralia, sive Expositio in Job''''' ("Morals, or Narration about Job") or '''''Magna Moralia''''' ("Great Morals"), is a [[biblical commentary|commentary]] on the ''[[Book of Job]]'' by [[Gregory the Great]], written between 578 and 595. It was begun when Gregory was at the court of Emperor [[Tiberius II]] in [[Constantinople]], but finished only several years after he had returned to [[Rome]]. It is Gregory's major work, filling some 35 books or 6 volumes. Its actual title is "An Extensive Consideration of Moral Questions".
+==Manuscripts==
-[[Saint Gregory]]'s '''''Commentary on Job''''', or '''''Moralia, sive Expositio in Job''''', sometimes called '''''Magna Moralia''''' (not to be confused with [[Aristotle]]'s ''[[Magna Moralia]]''), was written between 578 and 595, begun when Gregory was at the court of [[Tiberius II]] at [[Constantinople]], but finished only after he had already been in [[Rome]] for several years. It is Gregory's major work, filling some 35 books or 6 volumes, a commentary on the [[Book of Job]] entitled "An Extensive Consideration of Moral Questions".
+*[[Moralia in Job (British Library, Add MS 31031)]] (late 8th century)
+*[[Commentary on Job of 945]]
+*[[Cîteaux Moralia in Job]] (1111)
 ==Editions==
-*Basel: Nicolaus Kesler, [[Basel]] (1496) [http://www.ndl.go.jp/incunabula/e/collection/incu_04.html]
+*[https://web.archive.org/web/20170202063215/http://www.ndl.go.jp/incunabula/e/collection/incu_04.html Basel: Nicolaus Kesler], [[Basel]] (1496)
 *''[[Patrologia Latina]]'', volumes 75&ndash;76.
 *[http://www.lectionarycentral.com/GregoryMoraliaIndex.html English translation] in ''[[Library of the Fathers]]'' (4 vols., Oxford, 1844)
+==External links==
-[[Category:6th-century Latin books]]
+* {{librivox book | title=Morals on the Book of Job | author=Pope Gregory}}
+{{Book of Job}}
+{{biblical-studies-book-stub}}
+{{Authority control}}
+[[Category:6th-century books in Latin]]
 [[Category:6th-century Christian texts]]
 [[Category:Biblical commentaries]]
-[[Category:Early medieval Latin literature]]
 [[Category:Works by Pope Gregory I]]
-[[Category:590s works]]
 [[Category:Late Latin literature]]
 [[Category:Book of Job]]
-[[Category:590s in Europe]]
+[[Category:590s]]
+[[Category:595]]
-{{christian-book-stub}}

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