The Book Of Tobit Comments

The Book of Tobit is set in the time of Assyrian ascendency. The Assyrian warlords have dispersed the Jewish population, the better to
control them, and many including Tobit have been exiled to Nineveh.
Tobit accepts his exile as God's will. He neither complains to God to change his fate, nor does he petition God to change the
Assyrians' fate. But it is crucial to recognize Tobit's quietism does not stem from despair or loss of faith. The source of his lack of pleading is his deep humility. Humility determines all of his actions and thoughts.If a strong theme of righteous behavior qualifies a work of literature a place in scripture, The Book of Tobit fulfills it.
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