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Traveling Sons

Tobias and the Prodigal Son in Motion

In: Novum Testamentum
Author:
Ronald Charles Saint Francis Xavier University Antigonish Canada

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Online Publication Date:
28 May 2018
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Abstract

In both Tobit and the parable of the Prodigal Son in Luke 15:11-32 there is featured a father-son relationship that revolves around the extended journey of the son and the son’s return to his father. This paper explores the figure of the traveling son in Tobit in close parallel with that of the traveling son in Luke 15:11-32. The aim is to indicate not solely similarities and contrasts between the two narratives but to show how Tobit might have been used as a source for the Lukan composition.

Title:
Traveling Sons
Article Type:
Research Article
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1163/15685365-12341608
Language:
English
Pages:
247–267
Keywords:
Luke; Tobit; Tobias; the Prodigal Son; travel
In:
Novum Testamentum
In:
Volume 60: Issue 3
Publisher:
Brill
E-ISSN:
1568-5365
Print ISSN:
0048-1009
Subjects:
New Testament & Early Christian Writings, Biblical Studies, Biblical Interpretations

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