Tobit

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Jewish wisdom narrative adventure narrative biblical book deuterocanonical book

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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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Book of Tobit	3
The Angel and Tobias with the Fish	1
Tobit (character)	1

Statements (50)

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 ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Orit → contains → Tobit ⓘ

this entity surface form: Book of Tobit

Apocrypha (in early editions) → containsWork → Tobit ⓘ

Tobit → hasMainCharacter → Tobit self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tobit (character)

Douay–Rheims Bible → includesBook → Tobit ⓘ

this entity surface form: Book of Tobit

Eastern Orthodox canon → includesBook → Tobit ⓘ

Roman Catholic biblical canon → includesBook → Tobit ⓘ

Roman Catholic biblical canon → includesDeuterocanonicalBook → Tobit ⓘ

Septuagint → includesDeuterocanonicalBook → Tobit ⓘ

Nineveh → mentionedIn → Tobit ⓘ

this entity surface form: Book of Tobit

Pieter Lastman → notableWork → Tobit ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Angel and Tobias with the Fish