of Raphael (12:6), “Bless God and acknowledge before all living people the good things he has done for you. By blessing and praising his name, make known to all mankind with honor the words of God and do not shirk to acknowledge him.” A central theme of the book of Tobit is kinship; see Hieke (2005); Bow (1991: 127–143); Soll (1998); Pitkän (2006). This drives the two most important actions of the plot, Tobit’s burial of the dead, and the marriage
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