remain faithful (against all odds) to the ideals presented in the book of Deuteronomy. The principal text of the book of Tobit throughout the centuries has been the Greek version. But there are two Greek versions. One is a short text represented by the Alexandrian and Vatican manuscripts, and the other is a longer text represented by the Sinai manuscript. Although the basic story is the same in both versions, there are so many differences in detail that it is difficult to speak about the text of
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