SwordPlay - S2E5 (ep.41) - Judith

• What is the Apocrypha?

• What about the manuscripts for Judith?

• Chapter Summaries: 1-3, 4-7, 8-10, 11-13, 14-16

• Structure: How is the book of Judith laid out?

• Historicity: Is the book historical?
• What is the book of Judith?
• Biblical Connections?
• Did Judith act morally? Was she blessed by God in her deception?
• Why are there no miracles, prophets, or dialogue from God?
• How can Achior, an Ammonite, convert to Israel? (Deut. 23:3; Ezra 9:1)
• Why did the Western Church Fathers treat Judith as a Canonical book?
• Is it possible to have a Holy Spirit inspired work of fiction?

Recommended: - An Introduction to the Apocrypha by Bruce M. Metzger - Introducing the Apocrypha: Message, Context, and Significance by David A. deSilva

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