Noun
an Apocryphal book that was a popular novel for several centuries
Source: WordNetAnother Hebrew scroll of Sirach has been found in Masada (MasSir). citation : 597 The Book of Tobit has been found in Qumran in four scrolls written in Aramaic and in one written in Hebrew. Source: Internet
Based on the view that the Ahasuerus of the Book of Tobit is identical with that of the Book of Esther, some have also identified him as Nebuchadnezzar's ally Cyaxares (ruled 625–585 BCE). Source: Internet
The Book of Tobit additionally records that Sargon had taken other captives from the northern kingdom to the Assyrian capital of Nineveh, in particular Tobit from the town of Thisbe in Naphtali. Source: Internet