Category:Book of Tobit (text)
The Book of Tobit (NRSV text) is a Second Temple Jewish document, found in the Septuagint and the Vulgate, and now included in the canons of Roman Catholic or Eastern Orthodox Christian Bible, or among the Protestant OT Apocrypha.
Summary
This book tells the story of Tobit, a righteous Israelite of the tribe of Naphtali, living in Nineveh after Sargon II had deported the northern tribes of Israel to Assyria in 721 B.C.
Tobit, raised by his paternal grandmother, Deborah, remains loyal to the worship of God at the temple in Jerusalem, refusing the cult of the golden calves that Jeroboam, king of the northern kingdom of Israel, set up at Dan. He is particularly noted for his diligence in attempting to provide proper burials for fallen Israelites whom Sargon's successor, Sennacherib, has slain. For this behavior the king seizes his property and exiles him. After Sennacherib's death, Tobit is allowed to return to Nineveh, where he buries a man who has been murdered on the street. That night, he sleeps in the open and is blinded by bird droppings which fall into his eyes. His blindness subsequently leads him to falsely accuse his wife, Anna, of stealing a baby goat she had received as partial payment for work she had done. This strains his marriage and, ultimately, he prays for death.
Meanwhile, in faraway Media, a young woman named Sarah has prayed for death in despair. The demon of lust, Asmodeus ("the worst of demons"), abducts and kills every man Sarah marries on their wedding night before the marriage can be consummated. God sends the angel Raphael, disguised as a human, to heal Tobit and free Sarah from the demon.
The main narrative is dedicated to Tobit's son, Tobiah or Tobiyah (Greek: Τωβίας Tobias), who is sent by his father to collect money that the elder has deposited in distant Media. Raphael presents himself as Tobit's kinsman, Azariah, and offers to aid and protect Tobias. Under Raphael's guidance, Tobias journeys to Media with his dog.
Along the way, while washing his feet in the river Tigris, a fish tries to swallow his foot. By the angel's order, he captures it and removes its heart, liver and gall bladder.
Upon arriving in Media, Raphael tells Tobias of the beautiful Sarah, whom Tobias has the right to marry because he is her cousin and closest relative. The angel instructs the young man to burn the fish's liver and heart to drive away the demon when he attacks on the wedding night. The two marry, and the fumes of the burning organs drive the demon to Upper Egypt, where Raphael follows and binds him. Sarah's father had been digging a grave to secretly bury Tobias under the assumption that he would be killed. Surprised to find his son-in-law alive and well, he orders a double-length wedding feast and has the grave secretly filled. Since the feast prevents him from leaving, Tobias sends Raphael to recover his father's money.
After the feast, Tobias and Sarah return to Nineveh. There, Raphael tells the youth to use the fish's gall to cure his father's blindness. Raphael then reveals his identity and returns to heaven, and Tobit sings a hymn of praise.
Tobit tells his son to leave Nineveh before God destroys it according to prophecy (compare the Book of Nahum). After the prayer, Tobit dies at an advanced age. After burying his father and mother, Tobias returns to Media with his family.
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References
- Tobit, Book of / Naomi S. Jacobs / In: The Eerdmans Dictionary of Early Judaism (2010 Collins / Harlow), dictionary, 1314-1315
- Tobit / Larry R. Heyler / In: Dictionary of New Testament Background (2000 Evans & Porter), dictionary,
- / [[]] / In: The Anchor Bible Dictionary (1992 Freedman), dictionary,
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Pages in category "Book of Tobit (text)"
The following 53 pages are in this category, out of 53 total.
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- Sententiae morales Ben Syrae; Tobias hebraice (1542 Fagius), book
- Der Propheten Jonas, Nahum und Abacuc. Neben den sieben Buspsalmen Dauids, und dem Buch Tobie, ausgelegt (1567 Selnecker), book
- Christliche predigten uber das buch Tobie (Christian Preaching about the Book of Tobit / 1589 Colbe), book
- In sacros divinorvm Bibliorvm libros, Tobiam, Ivdith, Esther, Machabaeos, commentarius (1610 Serarius), book
- Tobias explanationibus historicis, et documentis moralibus illustratus (1621 Giustiniani), book
- Tobias morali doctrina illustratus (1641 Drexel), book
- Liber Tobiae, Judith, Oratio Manassae, Sapientia, et Ecclesiasticus Graecè et Latine (OT Apocrypha / 1691 Fabricius), book
- Die Bücher Tobi und Judith (1853 Fritzsche), book
- Das Buch Tobias (1857 Reusch), book
- Das Buch Tobit (1857 Sengelmann), book
- The Book of Tobit: A Chaldee Text from a Unique MS. in the Bodleian Library (1878 Neubauer), book
- Biblical Idyls (1896 Moulton), book
- Tobit and the Babylonian Apocryphal Writings (1903 Sayce), book
- Beiträge zur Erklärung und Kritik des Buches Tobit (1908 Müller), book
- (++) The Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha of the Old Testament (1913 Charles), edited volume
- Beiträge zur Erklärung und Textkritik des Buches Tobias (1914 Schulte), book
- Fortællingerne om Tobit og Judith (1919 Buhl), book
- The Apocrypha (1939 Evans), book
- Tobia (1953 Priero), book
- The Book of Tobit (1958 Zimmermann), book
- Die Auslegung des Buches Tobias in der griechischlateinischen Kirche der Antike und der Christenheit des Westens bis um 1600 (1969 Gamberoni), book
- Der Engel, die Frauen, das Heil: Tobias, Ester, Judit (1970 Dommershausen), book
- The Shorter Books of the Apocrypha (1972 Dancy), book
- Tobia (1978 Virgulin), book
- Esther, Judith, Tobit, Jonah, Ruth (1982 Craghan), book
- Das Buch Tobit: Studien zu seiner Entstehung, Komposition und Theologie (1982 Deselaers), book
- Tobit (1983 Hanhart), book
- Text und Textgeschichte des Buches Tobit (1984 Hanhart), book
- Jonah, Tobit, Judith (1986 Nowell), book
- Tobit, Judit (1987 Gross), book
- Das Buch Tobit (1990 Deselaers), book
- Studien zum Buch Tobit (1994 Rabenau), book
- The Jewish Novel in the Ancient World (1995 Wills), book
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- Tobías y Judit (2000 Vílchez), book
- A Handbook on Tobit and Judith (2001 Bullard/Hatton), book
- Tobit and Judith (2002 Otzen), book
- Tobit (2003 Fitzmyer), book
- Prayer from Tobit to Qumran (2004 Egger-Wenzel, Corley), edited volume
- L'originale del Libro di Tobia (2004 Toloni), book
- The Book of Tobit (2004 Weeks/Gathercole/Stuckenbruck), book
- Intertextual Studies in Ben Sira and Tobit ~ Festschrift Alexander A. Di Lella (2005 Corley, Skemp), edited volume
- The Book of Tobit: Text, Tradition, Theology (2005 Xeravits, Zsengellér), edited volume
- Tobit/Tóbiás könyve. Szöveg - hagyomány - teológia (Studies on Tobit / 2005 Xeravits, Zsengellér), edited volume (Hungarian ed.)
- Studies in the Book of Tobit (2006 Bredin), edited volume
- Text und Uberlieferung des Buches Tobit (Text and Tradition of the Book of Tobit / 2008 Hallermayer), book
- Text und Überlieferung des Buches Tobit (2008 Hallermayer), book
- Tobit (2008 Littman), book
- Tobit: The Book of Tobit in Codex Sinaiticus (2008 Littman), book
- La sofferenza del giusto: Giobbe e Tobia a confronto (2009 Toloni), book
- Tendentious Hagiographies: Jewish Propagandist Fiction BCE (2011 Chyutin), book
- The Wisdom Instructions in the Book of Tobit (2011 Macatangay), book
- Marriage in the Book of Tobit (2011 Miller), book
- The "Whole Truth": Rethinking Retribution in the Book of Tobit (2012 Kiel), book
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