Raphael the Savior: Tobit's Adaptation of the Angel of the Lord Tradition
Updated by:
Michal Drori Elmalem
Research notes:
MDE/not checked/15/03/2016
SHS/reader checked/01/06/2016
Reference type:
Journal Article
year:
2016
Full title:
Raphael the Savior: Tobit's Adaptation of the Angel of the Lord Tradition
Journal / Book Title || Series Title:
Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha
Volume:
25
Issue / Series Volume:
3
Abbreviated Series Name:
JSP
Pages:
228-243
Work type:
Essay/Monograph
Abstract:
Attention has been given in recent scholarship to Tobit's use of Israel's angel tradition in its depiction of Raphael, but the exodus account and the role of the angel of the Lord has been overlooked. This article argues that Tobit adapts that account to depict a ‘micro’ exodus with a ground-breaking portrayal of the angel of the Lord who condescends as an Israelite to deliver suffering exiles. In doing so, Tobit bears witness to a belief in a condescending heavenly savior that is found in several other texts of Second Temple Judaism.
Primary Texts: Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha:
Composition / Author:
Tobit
URL:
http://jsp.sagepub.com/content/25/3/228.full.pdf+html
Label:
11/04/2016
Record number:
101 291