Tobit
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Tobit is a deuterocanonical Jewish wisdom and adventure narrative, preserved in the Septuagint, that tells the story of a righteous Israelite and his son Tobias guided by the angel Raphael.
All labels observed (12)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tobit canonical | 14 |
| Book of Tobit | 10 |
| Biblical Book of Tobit | 1 |
| The Angel and Tobias with the Fish | 1 |
| Tobit (character) | 1 |
| Tobit 10 | 1 |
| Tobit 11 | 1 |
| Tobit 12 | 1 |
| Tobit 2 | 1 |
| Tobit 3 | 1 |
| Tobit 6 | 1 |
| Tobit 7 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T157729 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tobit Context triple: [Septuagint, includesDeuterocanonicalBook, Tobit]
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A.
Jerome
Jerome was an early Christian scholar and theologian best known for translating the Bible into Latin (the Vulgate) and for his influential biblical commentaries.
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B.
Baruch
Baruch is a deuterocanonical book of the Old Testament, traditionally attributed to Baruch ben Neriah, the scribe and companion of the prophet Jeremiah.
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C.
Gabriel
Gabriel is a common masculine given name of Hebrew origin, widely used in many cultures and languages.
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D.
Golus
Golus is a Yiddish term referring to the Jewish exile and dispersion from their ancestral homeland, encompassing both the physical diaspora and its spiritual-historical implications.
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E.
Judith
Judith is a deuterocanonical book of the Bible that tells the story of a courageous Jewish widow who saves her people by beheading the Assyrian general Holofernes.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tobit Target entity description: Tobit is a deuterocanonical Jewish wisdom and adventure narrative, preserved in the Septuagint, that tells the story of a righteous Israelite and his son Tobias guided by the angel Raphael.
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A.
Jerome
Jerome was an early Christian scholar and theologian best known for translating the Bible into Latin (the Vulgate) and for his influential biblical commentaries.
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B.
Baruch
Baruch is a deuterocanonical book of the Old Testament, traditionally attributed to Baruch ben Neriah, the scribe and companion of the prophet Jeremiah.
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C.
Gabriel
Gabriel is a common masculine given name of Hebrew origin, widely used in many cultures and languages.
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D.
Golus
Golus is a Yiddish term referring to the Jewish exile and dispersion from their ancestral homeland, encompassing both the physical diaspora and its spiritual-historical implications.
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E.
Judith
Judith is a deuterocanonical book of the Bible that tells the story of a courageous Jewish widow who saves her people by beheading the Assyrian general Holofernes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Jewish wisdom narrative
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adventure narrative ⓘ biblical book ⓘ deuterocanonical book ⓘ |
| associatedWithAngel | Raphael ⓘ |
| canonicalStatusInCatholicism | deuterocanonical ⓘ |
| canonicalStatusInEasternOrthodoxy | canonical ⓘ |
| canonicalStatusInJudaism | non-canonical in Rabbinic Judaism ⓘ |
| canonicalStatusInProtestantism | apocryphal ⓘ |
| containsMotif |
exorcism of a demon
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faithfulness in exile ⓘ healing of blindness ⓘ journey motif ⓘ |
| featuresAngel | Raphael ⓘ |
| genre |
didactic literature
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religious fiction ⓘ wisdom literature ⓘ |
| hasForm |
long Greek recension
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short Greek recension ⓘ |
| hasLanguage |
Aramaic
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Greek ⓘ Hebrew ⓘ |
| hasMainCharacter |
Anna (wife of Tobit)
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Edna (wife of Raguel) ⓘ Raguel ⓘ Raphael (archangel) ⓘ Sarah (daughter of Raguel) ⓘ Tobias ⓘ Tobit self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Tobit (character)
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| narrativeFocus |
almsgiving
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angelic guidance ⓘ divine providence ⓘ marriage ⓘ piety ⓘ |
| partOf |
Roman Catholic biblical canon
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surface form:
Catholic biblical canon
Eastern Orthodox canon ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Orthodox biblical canon
Septuagint ⓘ |
| preservedIn |
Dead Sea Scrolls
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surface form:
Dead Sea Scrolls fragments
Septuagint ⓘ
surface form:
Septuagint manuscripts
|
| religiousTradition |
Christianity
ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ |
| setIn |
Assyria
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surface form:
Assyrian Empire
Ecbatana ⓘ Media station ⓘ
surface form:
Media
Nineveh ⓘ |
| teaches |
importance of charity
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proper burial of the dead ⓘ value of prayer ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
7th century BCE
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8th century BCE ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Tobit Description of subject: Tobit is a deuterocanonical Jewish wisdom and adventure narrative, preserved in the Septuagint, that tells the story of a righteous Israelite and his son Tobias guided by the angel Raphael.
Referenced by (34)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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The Angel and Tobias with the Fish
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Tobit (character)
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Book of Tobit
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Book of Tobit
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Book of Tobit
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Book of Tobit
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Tobit 3
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Tobit 6
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Tobit 7
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Book of Tobit
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Tobit 2
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Tobit 10
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Tobit 11
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Tobit 12
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Book of Tobit
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Book of Tobit
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Book of Tobit
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Biblical Book of Tobit