ABSTRACT
This chapter examines Susan Garrett's claim that Job's daughters are no longer regarded as female because of the change in their hearts after donning the girdles but rather as asexual, angelic or heavenly beings so that, in consequence, their story cannot account for any positive image of women in the Testament of Job. It analyses the sequence of the Testament of Job 46–53 focusing on the question of which specific abilities are transferred to the three women by means of the girdles or sashes. The chapter wants to seek biblical and non-biblical parallels to the idea of special qualities or abilities transmitted by a girdle. It draws some conclusions concerning the role and image of women in the Testament of Job. The final section of the Testament of Job is introduced by the description of the distribution of Job's goods among his seven sons.
