This section begins with an illuminating overview of the translations of the
Book of Judith that were in use in the early sixteenth century.
(10) In the original
Book of Judith, Achior describes the history of the inhabitants of Bethulia, but never once uses the proper name of an historical figure (Judith 5.5-18).
The
Book of Judith has had a profound and lasting impact upon Western culture."
There are articles on the Apocrypha by van der Ploeg (the Syriac text of the
Book of Judith) and Hilhorst (I Esdras 4: 34-41), as well as on the Scrolls (by P.
Other highlights of the event include A Festival of Choirs at Sefton Park Palm House, the UK premiere of Toronto playwright Michael Rubenfeld's experimental musical The
Book of Judith, and the chance to see artist Tanya Raabe create a live portrait of disability actor and writer Nabil Shaban.
Their topics include establishing an atmosphere of perpetuity in Jerusalemite Yehud, the purpose of historical discourse in the
Book of Judith, and lessons from the study of natural history for reconstructing the history of the earliest Christianity.
THE
Book of Judith tells of an Israelite town besieged by the Assyrian army who cut off the town's water supply.
Among the topics are analysis of Daniel 9, the
Book of Judith, the Prayer of Manasseh, and examples in the Dead Sea Scrolls and Qumran.