Job

Who

Anonymous, and nobody knows when it was written.

When

The setting feels patriarchal; the book itself could be very old or quite late.

What it is

A good man loses everything, and three friends spend thirty chapters explaining why he must have deserved it.

What to watch for

God's answer at the end does not address the question. That is the point, and the friends — who had all the right doctrine — are the ones rebuked.

But I know that my Redeemer lives, and in the end He will stand upon the earth.Job 19:25