Hermeneia - A Critical and Historical Commentary on the Bible Judith. A commentary on the Book of Judith
Wills, Lawrence M.
Hermeneia - A Critical and Historical Commentary on the Bible Judith. A commentary on the Book of Judith Lawrence M. Wills, Sidnie White Crawford - U.S.A. Fortress Press 2019 - 498tr. Hardcover, illustrations 25cm
Judith tells the story of a beautiful Jewish woman who enters the tent of an invading general, gets him drunk, and then slices off his head, thus saving her village and Jerusalem. This short novella was somewhat surprisingly included in the early Christian versions of the Old Testament and has played an important role in the Western tradition ever since...
9780800661052
Apocryphal books (Old Testament)
Catholic Bible
220.7 / H553-B58
Hermeneia - A Critical and Historical Commentary on the Bible Judith. A commentary on the Book of Judith Lawrence M. Wills, Sidnie White Crawford - U.S.A. Fortress Press 2019 - 498tr. Hardcover, illustrations 25cm
Judith tells the story of a beautiful Jewish woman who enters the tent of an invading general, gets him drunk, and then slices off his head, thus saving her village and Jerusalem. This short novella was somewhat surprisingly included in the early Christian versions of the Old Testament and has played an important role in the Western tradition ever since...
9780800661052
Apocryphal books (Old Testament)
Catholic Bible
220.7 / H553-B58