Tobit
Deuterocanonical · History · 14 chapters
A devout exile and his son Tobias, guided by the angel Raphael, in a story of faithfulness, family, prayer and healing.
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Context
- Genre
- Diaspora tale
- Authorship
- Author unknown
- Date
- 3rd–2nd centuries BCE
- Setting
- Nineveh, Media, and Ecbatana
- Original language
- Aramaic and Hebrew fragments; Greek translation
- Related texts
- Job 1–2 · the righteous who sufferGenesis 24 · a journey and a marriage