The Book of Tobit

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The Book of Tobit is the story of two families: the pious Israelite Tobit, blinded by bird droppings while performing an act of charity, and the beautiful Sara, whose seven husbands have each been killed on their wedding night by the demon Asmodeus. Their families are connected across the diaspora by a debt and by the angel Raphael — the first named archangel in Jewish literature — who disguises h

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TraditionLost Scripture

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01 / Historical context

3rd–2nd century BC. An Israelite exile, his blind father, and an angel in disguise. Contains the earliest named archangel, Raphael. In Catholic Bibles for centuries; removed at the

02 / Why it matters

In the Catholic Bible. Removed at the Reformation. The demon, the angel, the cure.

From / associated with the text

“"I am Raphael, one of the seven holy angels, which present the prayers of the saints, and which go in and out before the glory of the Holy One."”

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The Book of Tobit

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