Editing Book of Tobit (section)

==Significance==
Tobit is a work with some historical references, combining prayers, ethical exhortation, humour and adventure with elements drawn from folklore, wisdom tale, travel story, romance and comedy.{{sfn|Fitzmyer|2003|p=31}}{{sfn|Levine|2007|p=12}} It offered the diaspora (the Jews in exile) guidance on how to retain Jewish identity, and its message was that God tests his people's faith, hears their prayers, and redeems the covenant community (i.e., the Jews).{{sfn|Levine|2007|p=12}} 

Readings from the book are used in the [[Latin liturgical rites]] of the Catholic Church. Because of the book's praise for the purity of marriage, it is often read during weddings in many rites. Doctrinally, the book is cited for its teachings on the [[intercession]] of angels, [[filial piety]], [[tithe|tithing]] and [[alms]]giving, and reverence for the dead.<ref name=nab>[https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0839/__PCA.HTM "Introduction"], ''Tobit'', NAB, Libreria Editrice Vaticana {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150227202156/https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0839/__PCA.HTM |date=February 27, 2015 }}</ref><ref name="EB1911">{{Cite EB1911|wstitle=Tobit, The Book of|volume=26|pages=1041–1042}}</ref> Tobit is also made reference to in chapter 5 of [[Meqabyan#First Book of Ethiopian Maccabees (1 Meqabyan)|1 Meqabyan]], a book considered [[Orthodox Tewahedo biblical canon|canonical]] in the [[Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://torahofyeshuah.blogspot.com/2015/07/book-of-meqabyan-i-iii.html|title=Torah of Yeshuah: Book of Meqabyan I – III|access-date=2019-11-10|archive-date=2019-09-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190923192431/http://torahofyeshuah.blogspot.com/2015/07/book-of-meqabyan-i-iii.html|url-status=live}}</ref>