one of the books of the Apocrypha, belongs to the earliest specimens of historical fiction. As to its authorship it belongs to the Maccabean period, B.C. 175-135, which it reflects not only in its general spirit, but even in its smaller traits.

But it Should be Known that There are Also Other Books which Our ...
... of the writing. To the same class belong the Book of Tobit, and the Book of
Judith, and the Books of the Maccabees. In the New Testament ...
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To this Series of Events it Will be Right that I Should Append an ...
... Judith. Footnotes: [344] The text here is uncertain. [345] "historia divina":
the writer applies these words to the book of Judith. ...
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The Irish Articles of Religion. AD 1615.
... The Song of the Three Children. The Book of Tobias. Susanna. The Book of Judith.
Bell and the Dragon. Additions to the Book of Esther. The Prayer of Manasses. ...
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Why, in the Account of Terah's Emigration, on his Forsaking the ...
... For in the book called Judith, when Holofernes, the enemy of the Israelites, inquired
what kind of nation that might be, and whether war should be made against ...
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Concerning Scripture .
... Ioudith, kai he 'Esther: so also in Cod. S. Hil., but Epiphanius does not
mention the book of Judith, nor does the text require it. ...
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That at the Time when the Captivity of the Jews was Brought to an ...
... During the same time also those things were done which are written in the book of
Judith, which, indeed, the Jews are said not to have received into the canon ...
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Judith, after Enduring Many Dangers for virtue's Sake, Gained Very ...
... Book III. Chapter XIII. Judith, after enduring many dangers for virtue's
sake, gained very many and great benefits.? Judith, after ...
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When this Became Known to Judith a Widow Woman of Great Wealth...
... Book II. Chapter XVI. When this became known to Judith a widow woman of
great wealth? When this became known to Judith (a widow ...
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Historical Introduction.
... Baronius's view that this synod was held before that of Nice because the book of
Judith is not mentioned among the books of the OT, and because its canons are ...
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Our Friends Take it Amiss that I have Spoken of the Origenists as ...
... to preserve its measure, and not go beyond the bounds observed by Judith in her ... And
he wrote it in the book which he addressed to the perfect,' his own ...
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