Tobit - טוביה

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Canonical Versions

Version	Modern or critical edition	Selected manuscript/s
Ethiopic Book of Tobit - in Ge'ez	መጽሐፈ ፡ ዘጦቢት ። ዐይን: August Dillman all THEOT transcriptions aligned by verse (sample only)	Tentatively typical "early" mss. analysed by THEOT EMML 1768 (late 15th c.) [p: 335]; EMIP 746 (late 15th c. [p: 262]; EMML 57 (15th-16th c.) [pp. 48-56, 28-37] Other likely typical "early" mss. EAP 704/1/5 (early 15th c, fragmentary at end); EMML 7584 (16th c.) [p: 49]; EAP 704/2/6 (1595-1605) Likely typical "standardized" mss. Mss. analysed by THEOT, though no "standardized" form separate from the "early" form was evident in their small sample: EMML 1481 (early 17th c.) [p: 291]; EMIP 881 (17th c.) [p: 162]; Unesco 10-12 (18th c.) [p: 137]. Likely typical ms. not analysed: Gunda Gunde 106 (1682-1706) [p: 423] Likely typical "modern" mss. IES 77 (Haile Selassie Bible) (1934) [p: 330r]; Vat. Cer. 75 (1930/1) [p: 266] Potential "Outlier" mss. d'Abbadie 35 (17th c.) EMIP 975 (19th c.) [p: 11] Minor recension: Latin Vulgate vorlage ms. EMIP 949 (20th c.) [p: 70]
Septuagint Book of Tobit: "Greek I" text - in Koine Greek	Τωβιτ: Rahlfs' edition πηγή: nocr Swete's edition ("Greek I" text labeled B, above)	Codex Vaticanus (p: 930) Codex Alexandrinus
Vulgate Book of Tobit (translated from a lost Aramaic text by Jerome) - in Latin	tobias fons: vulgate.org	Codex Gigas

Deuterocanonical versions

Version	Modern or critical edition	Selected manuscript/s
"Mixed" Syriac text of Tobit : Tobit 1:1-7:10 : the Syro-Hexaplar (Septuagint) text of Tobit Tobit 7:11-14:15 : a later Syriac text, influenced by the lost Peshitta text and the Syro-Hexapla. This is the version found in most mss. - in Syriac Aramaic	ܟܬܒܐ ܕܛܘܒܝܛ: ܐܝܟ ܡܫܠܡܢܘܬܐ ܕܫܒ̈ܥܝܢ : for 1:1-7:10; for 7:11-14:15 ܡܒܘܥܐ: ארמיטה	12a1 = Buchanan Bible (Cambridge Oo. 1.1,2)

Non-canonical versions

Version	Modern or critical edition	Selected manuscript/s
Dead Sea Scrolls versions of Tobit - in Hebrew and Jewish Aramaic -- (SHOW/HIDE)
Dead Sea Scrolls Hebrew Book of Tobit	מגילת ספר טוביה מקור: מאגרים	4Q200 = 4Q Tobit-e
Dead Sea Scrolls Aramaic Book of Tobit	טוביה מקור: ארמיטה	All Dead Sea Scrolls Aramaic Tobit parchment fragments, 4Q196 = 4Q pap. Tobit
Alternate Septuagint text of Tobit: "Greek II" text - in Koine Greek	Τωβιτ: Rahlfs' edition πηγή: nocr Swete's edition ("Greek II" text labeled א, below)	Codex Sinaiticus
Syro-Hexaplar (Septuagint) Book of Tobit (the full Syro-Hexaplar text, as preserved in a few mss.) - in Syriac Aramaic	ܟܬܒܐ ܕܛܘܒܝܛ: ܐܝܟ ܡܫܠܡܢܘܬܐ ܕܫܒ̈ܥܝܢ ܡܒܘܥܐ: ארמיטה	8f1 = Deir el-Surian Ms. 9B (Brock/Van Rombay) / Ms. 27b (Kamil) (not digitised)
Old Latin ("Vetus Latina") Book of Tobit (similar to the "Greek II" text) - in Latin	liber tobiae fons: Petri Sabatier (see also: Neubauer's edition)	Clm 6239
Medieval Jewish versions of Tobit - in Hebrew and Jewish Aramaic -- (SHOW/HIDE)
"Münster" version of Tobit - in Hebrew	ספר טובי מקור: Neubauer; ספר טובי (editio Sebast. Munsteri) מקור: Brian Walton's Polyglot (1657) (both these editions contain errors when compared to their source material)	BNF Hébreu 1251; Palatina Library, Parma: Cod. Parm. 2294 = De-Rossi Parma 194; Geniza Fragment T-S A45.26 (Tobit 5:17-6:13, 9:6-11:5)
"Fagius" version of Tobit - in Hebrew	ספר טוביה (p: 77) מקור: Paul Fagius; ספר טוביה (editio P. Fagii) מקור: Brian Walton's Polyglot (1657)	Geniza fragments from 16th c.: Mosseri I.38, T-S A45.25. Geniza Fragment T-S A45.29 (c. 1200 CE)
"Neubauer" / "Midrash Major" version of Tobit - in Jewish Aramaic	מעשה טוביה מקור: נוסח נויבוער של מדרש רבה דרבה (דהיינו נוסח שונה וארוך ביותר של מדרש רבתי על בראשית See also: Plaintext version from CAL	Bodleian Library MS. Oppenheim Add. 4° 128
"North French Miscellany" version of Tobit - in Hebrew	טוביה (doc. p. 3) מקור: משה גסטר	"North French Miscellany" = BL Add. 11639
"Gaster" version of Tobit (closely related to Neubauer's Aramaic text) - in Hebrew	מעשה טוביה ליום שני של שבועות (doc. p. 13) מקור: משה גסטר See also: Plaintext version from OpenSiddur	Gaster's ms. copy of the now-lost 15th c. original = BL Or. 9959 / Gaster ms. 28
"Otsar Haqqodesh" version of Tobit (not attested until the 19th c., but possibly drawing on medieval sources) - in Hebrew	טוביה מקור: ספר אוצר הקודש

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