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The Book of Tobit (/ ˈ t oʊ b ɪ t /), also known as the Book of Tobias, is a 3rd or early 2nd century BC work describing how God tests the faithful, responds to prayers, and protects the covenant community (i.e., the Israelites).
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The Book of Tobit (or Book of Tobias) is a book of biblical...
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The Book of Tobit, also known as the Book of Tobias, is a 3rd or early 2nd century BC work describing how God tests the faithful, responds to prayers, and protects the covenant community. It tells the story of two Israelite families, that of the blind Tobit in Nineveh and of the abandoned Sarah in Ecbatana.
- Content. The book presents a charming tale in which beauty, suspense, and moral truth are interwoven in a most pleasing fashion, causing Tobit to become one of the most popular of the books of the Apoc.
- Historical background. The story places Tobit in the days of the Assyrian captivity and thus in the 8th cent. b.c. There are, however, a number of difficulties involved in the historical and geographical details of the book.
- Sources. The conclusion that Tobit is a fictional rather than a historical story is confirmed to some extent by its apparent dependence upon a few well-known folk tales of the ancient world.
- Language, place of origin and date. Prior to the discovery of the DSS, scholars tended to favor the conjecture that Tobit was written originally in Gr.
The Book of Tobit (or Book of Tobias in older Catholic Bibles) is a book of scripture that is part of the Catholic and Orthodox biblical canon, pronounced canonical by the Council of Carthage of 397 and confirmed for Roman Catholics by the Council of Trent (1546).
Text and Original Language. Time and Place. A late Jewish work, never received into the Jewish canon, and included in the Apocrypha by Protestants, although it was pronounced canonical by the Council of Carthage (397) and the Council of Trent (1546).
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