The Wisdom Discourse of Tobit as Instruction in Torah
Updated by:
Shiran Shevah
Research notes:
SHS/not checked/11/04/2016
SHS/reader checked/07/07/2016
Reference type:
Journal Article
year:
2016
Full title:
The Wisdom Discourse of Tobit as Instruction in Torah
Journal / Book Title || Series Title:
Biblische Notizen
Issue / Series Volume:
167
Abbreviated Series Name:
BN
Pages:
99-112
Work type:
Essay/Monograph
Abstract:
The Book of Tobit strongly endorses almsgiving and endogamy as normative for righteousness in
exile. The formulation of these practices in the narrative, however, surpasses what is decreed in the Law of
Moses. This short essay shows how the narrative employs certain literary details in order to convey Tobit’s
commands as an instruction in the ways of Torah.
Primary Texts: Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha:
Composition / Author:
Tobit
Label:
09/05/2016
Record number:
101 377