Schøyen ms. 5234: Ein neues Tobit-fragment Vom Toten Meer

A previously unpublished fragment of 4Q196 (4QpapTobita ar) belonging to The Schøyen Collection is presented. The fragment covers Tob 14:3-4, a passage also represented by 4Q198 (4QTobitc ar) frg. 1. One textual difference between these witnesses can be observed. The Aramaic texts are further compared with the longer Greek recension GII. The textual analysis is concluded with a discussion on the original language of Tobit and some considerations on the literary history of the poetic units in Tobit 13.