Book of Tobit
3rd/2nd century BCE Jewish tale of Tobit’s son Tobias’s journey with the angel Raphael, considered canonical in Catholicism and in Eastern Christianity
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Summary
Book of Tobit is a religious text[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of religious text entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,699 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: literary work[3]
- Genre: religious fiction[4], wisdom literature[5]
- Part of: deuterocanonical books[6], Jewish apocryphon[7]
- Commons category: Book of Tobit[8]
- Language of work or name: Aramaic[9]
- Has part(s): Tobias and the Angel[10], Tobias and Sara[11]
- Characters: Tobit[12], Raphael[13], Asmodeus[14], Tobias[15], Sara[16], Ahiqar[17], Anna[18], Raguel[19], Edna[20]
- Has edition or translation: Q28540025[21], The book of Tobit[22], Tobiášova kniha[23]
- Narrative location: Nineveh[24], Ecbatana[25]
- Topic's main category: Category:Book of Tobit[26]
- Described by source: Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[27], Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus[28], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[29], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[30], New International Encyclopedia[31]
- Title: Tobit[32], Βιβλίον τοῦ Τωβίθ[33], ספר טוביה[34]
- Stack Exchange tag: https://christianity.stackexchange.com/tags/book-of-tobit[35]
- Short name: Tob[36]
- Permanent duplicated item: Q25689976[37]
- Derivative work: Asmodea[38], Tobias and the Angel Curing Tobit of Blindness[39]
- Entry in abbreviations table: Tobit[40]
Why It Matters
Book of Tobit has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[41] It is known by 53 alternative names across languages and contexts.[42]