Was the book of Job borrowed from eastern (Sumerian, Assyrian, Persian, etc.) tribes?

Question

The prominence of "Satan" and the non-Hebrew names apparently point this way. Please name your sources.
Thank you.

I am aware of the cross-fertilization between middle eastern faiths, but I wondered if anyone had some specifics about Job, also whether Ahriman was the inspiration for the Satan myth.

Answer 1

If you read the religions of the middle and far east, you notice striking similarities.

All have a flood story, all have a climatic battle between good and evil.

I think all religions borrow from other religions

Answer 2

That was a lot of years ago, over 4,000 and it is pretty had to speculate just what happened. Remember also that before the Chaldean and Sumerian nations arose there was Noah, the father of them all, and as you know he was a godly man who believed in God and so did his family. So there very well may have been religious beliefs in that culture and those writings may very well have had strong God based teachings in them Just look at the USA and their Biblical foundations but now we can't even teach those foundations to our children in a public school. I think Babylon became exactly what the USA is becoming and that is why God said to Abraham, "Come out and go to a land that I will show you." By the way, the epic of Gilgamesh did not come before Noah, study your history.

Answer 3

Hmmm, not sure but I've read before that the word 'satan' was originally an Aramaic word to describe 'anti' and in this case, it was anti-human, not anti-God; that was under the google search engine describing that, technically, Satan as an anti-God character does not exist until the NT.
In fact, there's a verse in the OT that 'quotes God' as saying he (God) creates good and evil. need to look it up-just saw it today, actually, on another question...

Here it is: Isa 45:7. I form the light, and create darkness; I make peace, and create evil; I am the LORD, that doeth all these things'

I don't know anything about the names and other languages-I do know that the story of Gilgamesh was written/recorded earlier than 'Noah's Ark' in a neighboring country/culture and that it is basically the same.