Before temples, priests, or kings — a man of Uz honored Yhwh directly. No labels of “Israel” or “Hebrew”; only a life of repentance, integrity, and awe.
Simple relative timeline (BC dates shown as negative numbers). Labels are illustrative, not tied to later temple narratives.
Job lived in the land of Uz — likely among early West‑Semitic communities east/southeast of the Levantine highlands. He feared Yhwh, turned from wrongdoing, and acted as the head of his house without any priestly system, temple economy, or royal authority. His walk reflects teshuvah (returning), integrity, and direct reverence for Yhwh.
Nothing in this presentation relies on labels like “Israel” or “Hebrew.” Those belong to the later Aramaic/temple line. Here we keep to Yhwh’s line: no kings, no priests, no temple blood‑systems — only obedience and repentance before Yhwh.
These are contextual parallels from the BCE record. We avoid post‑AD sources and avoid later labels.