A fascinating book, I agree, Joe. As a folklorist I find it endlessly so. And I am very fond of Job. And there are folkloric elements I rejoice in [wouldn't Lot's story have made a fine incest ballad to go along with Sheath & Knife & Lizie Wan & The Rich Man's Daughter -- but a justification for incest, yet; a lot of people seem to have missed that bit, don't they?]. But, without a bit more indication of which bits we may find in any way trustworthy, I can't help feeling that the negatives, so well summarised in Musket's animadversions just above as to its baleful overall influence, will continue to hold sway over its 'fascination' SFAIC.

~M~