Editing Book of Tobit (section)

==Influence==
Tobit's place in the Christian canon allowed it to influence theology, art and culture in Europe.{{sfn|Otzen|2002|p=65-66}} It was often dealt with by the early Church fathers, and the motif of Tobias and the fish (the fish being a symbol of Christ) was extremely popular in both art and theology;{{sfn|Otzen|2002|p=65-66}} this is normally called ''[[Tobias and the Angel]]'' in art. Particularly noteworthy in this connection are the works of [[Rembrandt]], who, despite belonging to the Dutch Reformed Church, was responsible for a series of paintings and drawings illustrating episodes from the book.{{sfn|Otzen|2002|p=65-66}}

Scholarship on [[folkloristics]] (for instance, [[Stith Thompson]], [[Dov Noy]], Heda Jason and Gédeon Huet) recognizes the Book of Tobit as containing an early incarnation of the story of ''[[Grateful dead (folklore)|The Grateful Dead]]'', albeit with an angel as the hero's helper, instead of the spirit of a dead man.<ref>Laura A. Hibbard, ''Medieval Romance in England'' p. 74. New York Burt Franklin, 1963.</ref><ref>Huet, G. "LE CONTE DU « MORT RECONNAISSANT » ET LE LIVRE DE TOBIE." Revue De L'histoire Des Religions 71 (1915): 1-29. Accessed June 18, 2020. www.jstor.org/stable/23662846.</ref><ref>Jason, Heda. "Study of Israelite and Jewish Oral and Folk Literature: Problems and Issues". In: ''Asian Folklore Studies'' 49, no. 1 (1990): 88. Accessed May 18, 2021. doi:10.2307/1177950.</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Thompson|first=Stith|title=The Folktale|publisher=University of California Press|year=1977|page=52|isbn=0-520-03537-2}}</ref><ref>Noy, Dov. ''Folktales of Israel''. University of Chicago Press. 1963. p. 126.</ref>

The story of Tobit inspired also the [[oratorio]] ''[[Il ritorno di Tobia]]'' (1775) by [[Joseph Haydn]].