The deuterocanonical books, meaning 'of, pertaining to, or constituting a second canon', collectively known as the Deuterocanon, are certain books and passages considered to be canonical books of the
Copies of the Luther Bible include the deuterocanonical books as an intertestamental section between the Old Testament and New Testament; they are termed the "Apocrypha" in Christian Churches having their origins in the Reformation.
The Book of Tobit, a work of Second Temple Jewish literature, is one of the deuterocanonical books of the Bible. It dates to the 3rd or early 2nd century BC. It emphasizes God’s testing of the faithfu
Leaf from a vellum manuscript of Tobit, c. 1240
Rembrandt: Tobit Accusing Anna of Stealing the Kid (1626)
Illumination with Tobit, Tobias, and the archangel Raphael in an initial O. (14th century AD)
Anna and the Blind Tobit, Rembrandt and Dou (1630)