Skip to main content
  • free

    Life giving resources. Faithfully delivered.

    FREE delivery on orders over £10

  • UK

    Serving over 2 million Christians in the UK

    with Bibles, Books and Church Supplies

  • Church

    Our Buy-Now-Pay-Later accounts used

    by over 4,000 UK Churches & Schools

  • Excellent 4.8 out of 5

    Trustpilot

The "Whole Truth": Rethinking Retribution in the Book of Tobit

[Paperback]

by Dr Micah D. Kiel

    • Author

      Dr Micah D. Kiel

    • Book Format

      Paperback

    • Publisher

      Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

    • Published

      November 2013

    Read full description

    Today's Price

    £35.65

    Free delivery icon

    Free UK Delivery


    Available - Usually dispatched within 4 days


    • Paypal
    • Google Pay
    • Apple Pay
    • Visa
    • Mastercard
    • Amex

    The "Whole Truth": Rethinking Retribution in the Book of Tobit

    Today's Price £35.65



    Product 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.

    Specification

    • Author

      Dr Micah D. Kiel

    • Book Format

      Paperback

    • Publisher

      Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

    • Published

      November 2013

    • Edition

      NIPPOD

    • Weight

      291g

    • Page Count

      200

    • Dimensions

      156 x 234 x 11 mm

    • ISBN

      9780567635129

    • ISBN-10

      0567635120

    • Eden Code

      4242390

    More Information

    • Author/Creator: Dr Micah D. Kiel

    • ISBN: 9780567635129

    • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

    • Release Date: November 2013

    • Weight: 291g

    • Dimensions: 156 x 234 x 11 mm

    • Eden Code: 4242390


    Product Q+A

    Ask a Question

    Recently Viewed