Tobit
~8th–7th c. BCE, Nineveh (narrative setting)
Devout Jewish exile from the tribe of Naphtali living in Nineveh under Assyrian captivity. He practiced almsgiving and burial of the dead at personal risk, and was struck blind when sparrow droppings fell in his eyes while he slept in the open. His piety and his suffering coexist honestly. He sent his son Tobias on a journey to recover a debt, not knowing the angel Raphael would travel with him.
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Diaspora Jewish narrative, likely composed 3rd–2nd c. BCE. Tobit is a figure of patient, costly piety who does not receive easy answers. He prays for death. He is eventually healed. He holds both the suffering and the faithfulness without collapsing one into the other.
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