Basic background:Scholars guess that this story was written about two centuries before the birth of Jesus. Israel is under Persian occupation at this point. So, it is concerned about being Jewish in the midst of alien cultural forces.The names of Tobit and Tobias could be variants of the same name, God is good.
1) How does Tobit keep the faith? What effect does it have on his social position?
2) Chapter two moves us into the theodicy question- what sense can one make of his ailment? How do yo examine the marital conflict?
3) what do you think of his prayer in chapter 3? Do you hear echoes of Sarah and Hagar in this story of Sarah? Death so hangs over this chapter. What is noteworthy of her prayer? Raphael means God heals.Why this description of answered prayer?
4) Where do you approve or disapprove of the advice of Tobit? Notice deepest Hades in v. 19. in v.21 we have a view of reward. Is it accurate from your experience?
5) At v. 10do you her some echoes of Job?From v. 18 on, isn;t this a great family story of departure? The journey is also a mark of Tobias becoming his own person,no?
6) Is the fish story too much for you? In the incredibly long v. 18, what do you think of the angel's notion that they were made for each other?
7) Here I note only the blessings of the parents at7,11,12, 16.
8)Would you like the two prayers to be used in a contemporary wedding?
9)What do we learn of Tobias here at v.4?
10) Select some elements that strike you as realistic in the response of the parents.
11)What is your reaction to the healing and v.15?
12) Assess Raphael's words in v.6-10.
13 look at v.2,5,614,
14)look at the promise of the first section and the advice starting at 8. Why do you think such an emphasis is on honoring the dead here at the end?
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