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posting through the deuterocanonicals: tobit 5
So Tobit, thinking he’s going to day, has delivered parting instructions to his son. And he’s told his son about a stash of money in Media, which happens to be the same general region where his unaware future bride happens to be residing. So now here’s chapter 5: Related Posts:posting through the deuterocanonicals: tobit 12posting [...]
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posting through the deuterocanonicals: tobit 4
We find our Tobit and Sarah where we left them last: wishing for the mercy of death, but still unaware that God has heard their prayers and is orchestrating a master plan to redeem the situation through a variety of events: 1 That day Tobit remembered the money which he had left in trust with [...]
posting through the deuterocanonicals: tobit 3
A little housekeeping: Joel informs me that there are multiple textual traditions for Tobit, which are discussed in detail here, in the New English Translation of the Bible. Which has excellent footnotes, by the way. Anyhoo, I’ll generally be ignoring textual issues and just following and adapting the KJV text of Tobit. But I just [...]
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posting through the deuterocanonicals: tobit 2.
We find our long-suffering and righteous Tobit where we left him last, back in the good graces of the Assyrian Empire. But something tells me his story’s not yet over. So let’s see what Tobit’s up to next: Related Posts:posting through the deuterocanonicals: tobit 11posting through the deuterocanonicals: tobit 6Deuterocanonical Fridayposting through the deuterocanonicals: tobit [...]
posting through the deuterocanonicals: tobit 1
Let us begin this journey with the book of Tobit, because that’s what the deuterocanon starts with in my NRSV. Quotations in these posts, however, will be adapted from the KJV, to avoid copyright restrictions. Feel free to use the text if you find it in any way useful. Let us begin: Related Posts:deuterocanonical friday: [...]
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posting through the deuterocanonicals: tobit 6