A pious Israelite of the Tribe of Naphtali who lived in Nineveh at the end of the eighth century BCE. He was blinded by bird droppings but was later healed by Raphael. Tobit is the father of Tobiah, the protagonist of the Book of Tobit.
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Article created on Thursday, October 19, 2006.