The "whole truth"
Subtitle: rethinking retribution in the Book of Tobit
By: Micah D. Kiel
Series: Library of Second Temple studies -- 82; T & T Clark library of biblical studies; Library of Second Temple studies -- 82.; T & T Clark library of biblical studies
Publisher: T&T Clark
Published: 2012
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 188
ISBN-13: 9780567458858
Subjects: Retribution; Criticism, interpretation; Bible; Biblical teaching
Other titles: Rethinking retribution in the Book of Tobit
Description: Micah Kiel discusses the overly simplistic nomenclature ('Deuteronomistic') given to Tobit's perspective on retribution and attempts to show, by coordinating it with Sirach and parts of 1 Enoch, how the book's view is much more complex than is normally asserted. Kiel argues that the return of Tobit's sight is a catalyst that ushers in new theological insight, specifically, that the world does not run to the tightly mechanized scheme of act and consequence. Kiel's close comparison between Tobit and selected contemporaneous literature provides context and support for such narrative observations. Sirach and parts of 1 Enoch demonstrate how authors at the time of Tobit were expressing their views of retribution in the realm of creation theology. The created order in Tobit is unruly and rises up in opposition to God's righteous characters. By way of this quirky tale, the author of Tobit suggests that God does not function strictly according to old formulae. Instead, a divine incursion into human reality is necessary for the reversal of suffering.--publisher's website.
Notes: "A Continuum imprint."

Includes bibliographical references (p. [161]-183) and index.