Editing Satan (section)

====Book of Job====
The satan appears in the [[Book of Job]], a poetic dialogue set within a prose framework,{{sfn|Kelly|2006|page=21}} which may have been written around the time of the [[Babylonian captivity]].{{sfn|Kelly|2006|page=21}} In the text, [[Job (biblical figure)|Job]] is a righteous man favored by Yahweh.{{sfn|Kelly|2006|page=21}} {{bibleverse|Job|1:6–8|HE}} describes the "[[sons of God]]" (''bənê hāʼĕlōhîm'') presenting themselves before Yahweh.{{sfn|Kelly|2006|page=21}} Yahweh asks one of them, "the satan", where he has been, to which he replies that he has been roaming around the earth.{{sfn|Kelly|2006|page=21}} Yahweh asks, "Have you considered My servant Job?"{{sfn|Kelly|2006|page=21}} The satan replies by urging Yahweh to let him torture Job, promising that Job will abandon his faith at the first tribulation.{{sfn|Kelly|2006|pages=21–22}} Yahweh consents: the satan destroys Job's servants and flocks, yet Job refuses to condemn Yahweh.{{sfn|Kelly|2006|pages=21–22}} The first scene repeats itself, with the satan presenting himself to Yahweh alongside the other "sons of God".{{sfn|Kelly|2006|page=22}} Yahweh points out Job's continued faithfulness, to which the satan insists that more testing is necessary;{{sfn|Kelly|2006|page=22}} Yahweh once again gives him permission to test Job.{{sfn|Kelly|2006|page=22}} In the end, Job remains faithful and righteous, and it is implied that the satan is shamed in his defeat.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Steinmann|first1=AE|title=The structure and message of the Book of Job|journal=Vetus Testamentum}}</ref>