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Tobit

This book tells the story of Tobit son of Tobiel, son of Hananiel, son of Aduel, son of Gabael, son of Raphael of the descendants of Asiel, of the tribe of Naphtali, who in the days of King Shalmaneser of the Assyrians was taken into captivity from Thisbe, which is to the south of Kedesh Naphtali in Upper Galilee, above Asher towards the west, and north of Phogor. Tobit, a devout and wealthy Israelite living among the captives deported to Nineveh from the Northern Kingdom of Israel in 722/721 B.C., suffers severe reverses and is finally blinded. Because of his misfortunes he begs the Lord to let him die. But recalling the large sum he had formerly deposited in far-off Media, he sends his son Tobiah there to bring back the money. In Media, at this same time, a young woman, Sarah, also prays for death, because she has lost seven husbands, each killed in turn on his wedding night by the demon Asmodeus. God hears the prayers of Tobit and Sarah and sends the angel Raphael in human form to aid them both. Raphael makes the trip to Media with Tobiah. When Tobiah is attacked by a large fish as he bathes in the Tigris River, Raphael orders him to seize it and to remove its gall, heart, and liver because they are useful for medicine. Later, at Raphael’s urging, Tobiah marries Sarah, and uses the fish’s heart and liver to drive Asmodeus from the bridal chamber. Returning to Nineveh with his wife and his father’s money, Tobiah rubs the fish’s gall into his father’s eyes and cures him. Finally, Raphael reveals his true identity and returns to heaven. Tobit then utters his beautiful hymn of praise. Before dying, Tobit tells his son to leave Nineveh because God will destroy that wicked city. After Tobiah buries his father and mother, he and his family depart for Media, where he later learns that the destruction of Nineveh has taken place.
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Path of the Loneliness

The Tower of Babylon is not part of the "official" list of wonders of the world. However, it is one of the most outstanding structures of the ancient Babylon, and its name is still a symbol of confusion and disorder. The Tower of Babylon is spoken of in the Book of Genesis, which was long before our era. In the country of Sennaar, in the basin of the rivers Tigris and Euphrates, on a beautiful, unusually good land lived all the people inhabiting the Earth and spoke the same language. They were living better and better, and it made them proud. "And they told each other, we will make bricks and burn fire. And they had bricks instead of stones, and ground tar instead of lime. And they said, Let us build for ourselves a city and a tower high to the heavens; And we shall make ourselves a name before we disperse ourselves in the face of all the earth." The tower was rising higher and higher until Yahweh was alarmed and decided to see what it was. Human pride led him into anger, and he mixed his tongues. And the builders stopped understanding each other by throwing away the piles of material and tools they had used, they gave up their defiant designs, and scattered all over the world. This was supposed to be the story, but the story will change in a different direction. The plot of this newsletter will tell you about the times when high technology was rivaling, and in this turmoil, out of nowhere, there was a huge tower in the center of the Equator. So, and the story of this interesting (maybe not) novelty began.
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