Can faith survive exile? Tobit was written to answer yes. Deported to Nineveh, a righteous man goes blind in shame and despair — while in far-off Ecbatana a woman named Sarah has prayed seven times for death. One road journey joins their prayers, guided by an angel in disguise: a fish caught in the Tigris, its smoke driving off a demon, its gall restoring sight. Behind the adventure lies a serious purpose: a story of kinship, prayer, and the burying of the dead that shaped Jewish thought for centuries. Fragments of Tobit in both Aramaic and Hebrew were found among the Dead Sea Scrolls, proving an ancient Semitic original behind the Greek text that survived.

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