Charity and Cult in the Book of Tobit
Updated by:
Shiran Shevah
Research notes:
SHS/not checked/29/06/2017
Reference type:
Book section
year:
2017
Full title:
Charity and Cult in the Book of Tobit
Journal / Book Title || Series Title:
Various Aspects of Worship in Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature
Series Title:
Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature Studies
Editor(s):
Géza G. Xeravits
József Zsengellér
Ibolya Balla
Place of Publication:
Berlin
Publisher:
De Gruyter
Pages:
277–288
Work type:
Essay/Monograph
Abstract:
The Book of Tobit displays certain attitudes towards cultic and charitable acts. The Temple is as important as acts of charity. The paper investigates such attitudes and argues that for Tobit, the charitable and the cultic are two inseparable modes of worship and service before God.
Record reference:
Label:
07/08/2017
Record number:
102 953