Tobit

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Tobit is a deuterocanonical Jewish wisdom and adventure narrative, preserved in the Septuagint, that tells the story of a righteous Israelite and his son Tobias guided by the angel Raphael.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Jewish wisdom narrative
adventure narrative
biblical book
deuterocanonical book
associatedWithAngel Raphael
canonicalStatusInCatholicism deuterocanonical
canonicalStatusInEasternOrthodoxy canonical
canonicalStatusInJudaism non-canonical in Rabbinic Judaism
canonicalStatusInProtestantism apocryphal
containsMotif exorcism of a demon
faithfulness in exile
healing of blindness
journey motif
featuresAngel Raphael
genre didactic literature
religious fiction
wisdom literature
hasForm long Greek recension
short Greek recension
hasLanguage Aramaic
Greek
Hebrew
hasMainCharacter Anna (wife of Tobit)
Edna (wife of Raguel)
Raguel
Raphael (archangel)
Sarah (daughter of Raguel)
Tobias
Tobit self-linksurface differs
surface form: Tobit (character)
narrativeFocus almsgiving
angelic guidance
divine providence
marriage
piety
partOf Roman Catholic biblical canon
surface form: Catholic biblical canon

Eastern Orthodox canon
surface form: Eastern Orthodox biblical canon

Septuagint
preservedIn Dead Sea Scrolls
surface form: Dead Sea Scrolls fragments

Septuagint
surface form: Septuagint manuscripts
religiousTradition Christianity
Judaism
setIn Assyria
surface form: Assyrian Empire

Ecbatana
Media station
surface form: Media

Nineveh
teaches importance of charity
proper burial of the dead
value of prayer
timePeriod 7th century BCE
8th century BCE

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Pieter Lastman notableWork Tobit
this entity surface form: The Angel and Tobias with the Fish
Tobit hasMainCharacter Tobit self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Tobit (character)
Douay–Rheims Bible includesBook Tobit
this entity surface form: Book of Tobit
Nineveh mentionedIn Tobit
this entity surface form: Book of Tobit
Orit contains Tobit
this entity surface form: Book of Tobit
Raphael (archangel) appearsIn Tobit
this entity surface form: Book of Tobit
Sarah (daughter of Raguel) appearsIn Tobit
this entity surface form: Book of Tobit
Sarah (daughter of Raguel) textualLocation Tobit
this entity surface form: Tobit 3
Sarah (daughter of Raguel) textualLocation Tobit
this entity surface form: Tobit 6
Sarah (daughter of Raguel) textualLocation Tobit
this entity surface form: Tobit 7
Anna (wife of Tobit) appearsIn Tobit
this entity surface form: Book of Tobit
Anna (wife of Tobit) canonicalBook Tobit
this entity surface form: Tobit 2
Anna (wife of Tobit) canonicalBook Tobit
this entity surface form: Tobit 10
Anna (wife of Tobit) canonicalBook Tobit
this entity surface form: Tobit 11
Anna (wife of Tobit) canonicalBook Tobit
this entity surface form: Tobit 12
Edna (wife of Raguel) appearsIn Tobit
this entity surface form: Book of Tobit
Ecbatana mentionedIn Tobit
this entity surface form: Book of Tobit
Tobias appearsIn Tobit
this entity surface form: Book of Tobit
Tobias hasFather Tobit
Tobias heals Tobit
Raphael mentionedIn Tobit
this entity surface form: Book of Tobit
Raphael healsCharacter Tobit
Ray mentionedIn Tobit
this entity surface form: Biblical Book of Tobit