Raphael the Liar: Angelic Deceit and Testing in the Book of Tobit.
A critique is presented on the apocryphal Old Testament Book of Tobit, focusing on lies told by the angel Raphael while impersonating a human Israelite related to Tobit. The author analyzes the moral issues of an angelic being who is dishonest, and argues that deceit was justified to test Tobit's fa...
| Publicado en: | Catholic Biblical Quarterly Vol. 74; no. 3; pp. 492 - 509 |
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| Formato: | Literary Criticism |
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Catholic Biblical Association of America
Jul2012
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