Acceptance into the Jewish Community in the Book of Tobit: Conversion and Circumcision

Concerning the topic of conversion and circumcision, one finds only few traces in the book of Tobit, but numerous markers of Jewish identity are mentioned and lead to the conclusion that the book of Tobit was written in what was for Jews a challenging environment in the diaspora. But some of them were still willing and able to separate themselves in certain respects from the foreign population and to live according the Law of Moses.