# Corpus: Tobit

## Overview

Tobit is a Jewish narrative text preserved in Greek and found in Aramaic and Hebrew
fragments among the Dead Sea Scrolls.

It tells the story of Tobit, his son Tobias, and the angel Raphael, and combines:
- narrative storytelling
- moral instruction
- angelology
- providential guidance

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## Core Themes

- Active role of angels in human affairs
- Hidden divine guidance
- Righteous suffering and vindication
- Demonology (Asmodeus)
- Marriage, purity, and covenant fidelity

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## Key Passages

### Raphael as Guide
- Tobit 5–12
- Theme: angelic mediation and hidden identity

### Asmodeus Narrative
- Tobit 3, 6–8
- Theme: demonic interference and defeat

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## Direct Relation to Scripture

### Angelic Mediation
- Tobit ↔ NT angelic activity (e.g., Acts, Hebrews)
- relationship_type: SHARED_MOTIF
- confidence: MEDIUM

### Demonology
- Tobit ↔ NT demonic themes
- relationship_type: SHARED_MOTIF
- confidence: MEDIUM

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## Relation to Enoch

### Shared Angelology
- both involve named angels
- both present structured heavenly activity
- relationship_type: SHARED_MOTIF

### Demonological Overlap
- Tobit: Asmodeus
- Enoch: offspring / corruption traditions
- relationship_type: THEMATIC_OVERLAP

### Interpretive Position

Tobit does not quote Enoch, but:
- participates in a world where angelic and demonic activity is structured
- aligns with broader Second Temple developments also seen in Enoch

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## Notes

- Tobit is narrative, not apocalyptic
- differs in genre from Enoch
- still contributes to the same conceptual environment

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## Cautions

- Do not claim direct dependence on Enoch without evidence
- Do not collapse narrative and apocalyptic genres
- Use Tobit to demonstrate **shared environment**, not proof of derivation

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## Key Insight

Tobit shows that structured angelology and demonology were not isolated to Enoch,
but were part of a broader Jewish conceptual world.
