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  • The Setting of Tobit

    The Setting of Tobit

    Chapter 1 v. 1-2 This book tells the story of Tobit son of Tobiel son of Hananiel son of Aduel son of Gabael son of Raphael of the descendants of Asiel, of the tribe of Naphtali, who in the days of King Shalmaneser of the Assyrians was taken into captivity from Thisbe, which is to…

  • Introduction to Tobit, the apocryphal work

    Introduction to Tobit, the apocryphal work

    Tobit can be found in the Roman Catholic, Greek Orthodox, and Slavonic (Russian Orthodox) Bibles. Neither the Jews, Protestants, nor Anglicans recognize Tobit as canonical. The book gets its name from the main character, Tobit. The oldest versions of this book have survived in the Greek,  Old Latin, and Jerome’s Vulgate (see the introduction to…