Acts of Charity as Acts of Remembrance in the Book of Tobit

This article argues that charitable acts in the book of Tobit are religious acts of remembrance. On the one hand, the narrative emphasizes the practice of righteousness, the doing of what is true, and the performance of charitable deeds. On the other hand, the remembrance of God is an equally promin...

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Main Author: Macatangay, Francis M. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Published: 2013
In: Journal for the study of the pseudepigrapha
Year: 2013, Volume: 23, Issue: 1, Pages: 69-84
Further subjects:B Diaspora (social sciences)
B Book of Tobit
B Remembrance
B Second Temple Judaism
B Almsgiving
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Parallel Edition:Non-electronic