The resemblance of the sister dialects was much more visible in their childhood, than in their mature age, (Michaelis, p.682.Schultens, in Praefat.

Job.) * Note: The age of the book of Job is still and probably will still be disputed.

Rosenmuller thus states his own opinion: "Certe serioribus reipublicae temporibus assignandum esse librum, suadere videtur ad Chaldaismum vergens sermo." Yet the observations of Kosegarten, which Rosenmuller has given in a note, and common reason, suggest that this Chaldaism may be the native form of a much earlier dialect; or the Chaldaic may have adopted the poetical archaisms of a dialect, differing from, but not less ancient than, the Hebrew.

See Rosenmuller, Proleg.

on Job, p.41.The poetry appears to me to belong to a much earlier period .-- M.] [Footnote 95: Ali Bochari died A.H.224.