This has probably been a long time building, but the other night while reading my scriptures, the thought/question came to me, "What parts of scripture must be historical, or the whole thing falls apart?" Years ago, I became aware of the scholarly belief that the book of Job was a work of fiction. At the time, I recall someone in LDS circles who claimed that this was false, and the LDS have revealed proof that Job was historical. Scholarly consensus today is that Job is a work of fiction th