Talk:Book of Tobit

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Minor edit: I corrected some vandalism, but forgot to check the "minor edit" box. Anfractuous 15:15, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

It's worse to mark a major edit as minor than the other way around, and reverting vandalism isn't necessarily minor. Anyway, it's more important to include an edit summary than to ensure minor edits are marked. Simply "Revert vandalism" or "rvv" is sufficient. TCC (talk) (contribs) 22:42, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

Why does the Book Of Torbit not appear in many of the most used bible translations today? Does anyone know? --Findel

Because it's considered apocryphal by Protestants, as the article says, and the most popular Bible translations today (at least in the US) are by and for Protestants. --No-One Jones 22:36, 13 Feb 2004 (UTC)

Thanks --Findel

[edit] Naphtalite

The text describes Tuvia/Tobias as a "Jew," but if he were from the tribe of Naphtali, then he was not, strictly speaking, a "Jew" (i.e. member of the tribe of Judah). In modern times, "Jew" has come to mean an adherent of the Jewish religion, but that was not the case in ancient times, as the name of the tribe predates the name of the religion. He would have been an Israelite or, more specifically, a Naphtalite.

[edit] Asmodai

The trouble with the homosexuality connection is that it appears to be found only in later sources, from medieval or Renaissance Western Christian demonologies. It's an error to apply it here therefore, unless this demon can be shown to have been associated with homosexuality at the time Tobit was written. (Unless there's a section on Christian exegesis of this book, but that doesn't seem to apply in context.) TCC (talk) (contribs) 21:37, 23 June 2006 (UTC)