Abstract
In the patriarchal society of the Assyrian and Medes Empire of the 4th century BC, women from the Jewish Diaspora are depicted in the context of the family, at home, in the subordinated roles of daughters, wives, mothers, grandmothers and mothers in law. Without retouching their imperfections the book of Tobit with portrays full realism three experienced and aging women: Deborah, Hanna and Edna. They embody the ideal of woman: devoted to the family, hard-working, good manager of the household, wise and emotional. One of the main topics in the book of Tobit is the Divine Mercy. God is rich in mercy and he grants participation in his very life to those who follow him – including compassionate and charitable women. Mercy is very heart of their vocation, but their charity’s manifestations are somehow hidden, as they are linked to the fundamental needs of life: they feed, clothe, welcome, console and take care. The vocation of women has an incarnational character: this is why the woman symbolises in the Bible God’s relationship with man and the possibility of answering God in a daily life reality, for he who loves desires to give himself.
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