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ID: 901000127
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901000127
Record Type: Character/Person

Tobit (Old Testament character)

Note: Protagonist in the Book of Tobit, also called The Book Of Tobias; a righteous Israelite.

Names:
Tobit (Old Testament character) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
Tobit (Old Testament character) (Dutch-P,D,N)

Hierarchical Position:
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
....<Old Testament iconography> (P)
........<Old Testament characters> (P)
............Tobit (Old Testament character) (I)
Related Iconography:
is actor for .... Blindness of Tobit
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Old Testament iconography, Old Testament narratives, Legend of Tobit (Old Testament narratives), Blindness of Tobit (Old Testament narrative)) [901000408]
associated with .... Raphael, Archangel
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Old Testament iconography, Old Testament characters, Raphael, Archangel (Abrahamic religion character)) [901000444]

Other Relationships:
role/characteristic is .... religious character
.....(characters (people by activity), people by activity, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
culture/religion is .... Old Testament (culture or period)
.....(Ancient Middle Eastern, Near Eastern (Early Western World), Early Western World, styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:
Tobit (Old Testament character)
................Rijksmuseum [online] (2000-)
................Iconclass Illustrated Edition (2022-) in 71T38 the prayer of Tobit
Iconography Record Sources:
................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) "Tobit," accessed 2 July 2017
................ Catholic Encyclopedia [online], republished from 1913 edition (2003-)
................ Rijksmuseum [online] (2000-)

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