Testament of Job

Kohler1897 English translation, printed page 337

Testament of Job. 337 27. Then did the other daughter by the name of Amalthea’s Horn (= Keren Happukh) gird herself and her mouth spoke in the language of those on high; for her heart was transformed, being lifted above the worldly things. 28. She spoke in the dialect of the Cherubim, singing the praise of the Ruler of the cosmic powers!) (virtues) and extolling their (His?) glory. 29. And he who desires to follow the vestiges of the “Glory of the Father” will find them written down in the Prayers of Amalthea’s Horn. Chapter XII. 1. After these three had finished singing hymns, did I Nahor (Neros) brother of Job sit down next to him, as he lay down. 2. And I heard the marvelous (great) things of the three daughters of my brother, one always succeeding the other amidst awful silence. 3. And I wrote down this book containing the hymns except the hymns and signs of the [holy] Word, for these were the great things of God. 4, And Job lay down from sickness on his couch, yet without pain and suffering, because his pain did-not take strong hold of him on account of the charm of the girdle which he had wound around himself. 5. But after three days Job saw the holy angels come for his soul, and instantly he rose and took the cithara and gave it to his daughter Day (Yemima). 6. And to Kassia he gave a censer (with perfume — Kassia), and to Amalthea’s Horn (= music) he gave a timbrel in order that they might bless the holy angels who came for his soul. 7. And they took these, and sang, and played on the psaltery and praised and glorified God in the holy dialect. 8. And after this came He who sitteth upon the great chariot and kissed Job, while his three daughters looked on, but the others saw it not. 9. And He took the soul of Job and He soared upward, taking her (the soul) by the arm and carrying her upon the chariot, and He went towards the East. 10. His body, however, was brought to the grave, 1) ἀρειτὴ maT Nn. Kohut, Semitic Studies. 22