Book of Tobit

Overview

• Tobit | The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, Revised

• Tobit | Eerdman’s Dictionary of the Bible

• Tobit | Harper’s Bible Dictionary

• “Tobit, Book of” | The Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary

• Some Preliminary Observation | The Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary

• “Tobit, Book of” | Tyndale Bible Dictionary

Outline

• Outline of Contents | Harper’s Bible Dictionary

Contents

• Contents | The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, Revised

• Story | Eerdman’s Dictionary of the Bible

• Contents | Eerdmans Bible Dictionary

• Tobit | Harper’s Bible Dictionary

• Summary of the Story | The Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary

• Content | Tyndale Bible Dictionary

Authorship

• Author | The Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary

• “Author, Date” | Tyndale Bible Dictionary

Date

• Date | The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, Revised

• “Date, Language, and Versions” | Eerdman’s Dictionary of the Bible

• Origins | Eerdmans Bible Dictionary

• Date | The Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary

• “Author, Date” | Tyndale Bible Dictionary

Purpose

• Purpose | The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, Revised

• Evaluation | Eerdmans Bible Dictionary

• Purpose | The Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary

• Purpose | Tyndale Bible Dictionary

Location

• Place of Origin | The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, Revised

• Origins | Eerdmans Bible Dictionary

• Place of Composition | The Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary

Canonicity

• Canonicity | The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, Revised

• Canonicity | Harper’s Bible Dictionary

• Canonicity | The Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary

Historicity

• Historicity | The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, Revised

Unity

• Unity | The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, Revised

• Integrity | The Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary

Composition

• Sources | The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, Revised

• Possible Secular Folktale Component | The Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary

• Original Language | The Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary

Text

• Text and Versions | The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, Revised

• “Date, Language, and Versions” | Eerdman’s Dictionary of the Bible

• The Greek Text | The Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary

• Other Ancient Versions | The Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary

Title

• Title | The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, Revised

Style

• Literary Antecedents | Eerdman’s Dictionary of the Bible

• Evaluation | Eerdmans Bible Dictionary

• The Story’s Fictional Character | The Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary

• Literary Genre | The Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary

• Ironic Character | The Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary

Theme

• Themes | Eerdman’s Dictionary of the Bible

Emphases

• Religious Ideas | The Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary

Message

• Message | Tyndale Bible Dictionary

Theology

• Theology | The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, Revised

Significance

• Later Use of Tobit | Eerdman’s Dictionary of the Bible

• Influence on Subsequent Literature | The Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary

Bibliography

• Bibliography | The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, Revised

• Bibliography | Eerdman’s Dictionary of the Bible

• Bibliography | The Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary