Jonah and Tobit: A developing understanding of the meaning of exile

Updated by: 
Shlomo Brand
Research notes: 
SB/not checked/28/09/2022
Reference type: 
Journal Article
Author(s): 
Henderson, Ruth Margaret
year: 
2022
Full title: 

Jonah and Tobit: A developing understanding of the meaning of exile

Journal / Book Title || Series Title: 
Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha
Volume: 
31
Issue / Series Volume: 
4
Publisher: 
Sage
Pages: 
287–305
Work type: 
Essay/Monograph
Abstract: 

Although much has been written on the biblical influences on the Book of Tobit, little scholarly attention has been paid to the similarities between the books of Jonah and Tobit, apart from the common term “great fish.” The following study draws attention to the similarities between these two books in terms of their date, narrative strategy, genre, background, worldview, and ideology, and in particular, their use of the unique term “great fish.” The motif of the fish is of great significance in both books, as it sheds light on the exilic background of both works.

Primary Texts: Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha: 
Composition / Author: 
Jubilees
URL: 
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/09518207221081475
Label: 
03/10/2022
Record number: 
110 473