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A Pious Seductress: Studies in the Book of Judith (2012) is a volume edited by Géza G. Xeravits.

Abstract

Selected papers delivered at the Sixth International Conference on the Deuterocanonical Books, held at the Sapientia College of Theology (Budapest), Hungary, 14-16 May, 2009. The emphasis in on the Book of Judith in its historical and literary context. The book also includes an article on Reception History by Karin Schöpflin (Judith on Stage. The Dramatic Career of a Biblical Heroine).

"The contributions explore various aspects of the Book of Judith: its textual versions, historical background, theological ideas and literary afterlife. The conference, on which this volume is based, was the most comprehensive scholarly meeting devoted recently to the Book of Judith. The contributors reopened several basic questions concerning the writing, such as the identification of concrete historical personalities reflected in the book, or some aspects of the halakhic system of the author.The scope of the contributions extends also to the late mediaeval use of the book by European playwrights."--Publisher description.

Editions

Published in Berlin, Germany: Walter de Gruyter, 2012 (Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature Studies, 14).

Contents

• Stephen D. Ryan: The Ancient Versions of Judith and the Place of the Septuagint in the Catholic Church (1-21)

• Jeremy Corley: Imitation of Septuagintal Narrative and Greek Historiography in the Portrait of Holofernes (22-54)

• Gabriele Boccaccini: Tigranes the Great as 'Nebuchadnezzar' in the Book of Judith (55-69)

• Ellen Juhl Christiansen: Judith: Defender of Israel—Preserver of the Temple (70-84)

• Michael Wojciechowski: Moral Teaching of the Book of Judith (85-96)

• Thomas Hieke: Torah in Judith. Dietary Laws, Purity and Other Torah Issues in the Book of Judith (97-110)

• Friedrich V. Reiterer: 'Meines Bruders Licht.' Untersuchungen zur Rolle des Achior (111-160)

• Géza G. Xeravits: The Supplication of Judith (Judith 9:1–14) (161-178)

• Judith Lang: The Lord Who Crushes Wars. Studies on Judith 9:7, Judith 16:2 and Exodus 15:3 (179-187)

• Eszter Balassa: The Consequences of Dinah’s Rape (188-197)

• Karin Schöpflin: Judith on Stage. The Dramatic Career of a Biblical Heroine (198-213)

External links

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