The current study is an unusual reading of the book of Job with a focus on the intellectual transformation of Job. The reading is stimulated by Maimonides\u27 theory of divine providence and facilitated by Eliade\u27s theory of hierophany. The sequence of reading follows a reorganized order and is divided into three parts: the speeches of Job and his friends, the Lord\u27s speech, and the comparison of Job before and after the Lord\u27s speech. The study ends with a suggestion that the experience of Job\u27s intellectual transformation corresponds to the experience of the Buddha\u27s enlightenment. The reading ignores the enigmatic issues discussed in the book of Job and follows a new perspective of reading it as a whole. The fruit of the study is the suggestion of seeing the Buddha in the book of Job through Maimonides\u27 theory of divine providence and Eliade\u27s theory of hierophany
