Research Paper on:
Mysterious Book of Judith

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strengthen the peoples face in Gods protection; to remind people that God was still the Master and capable of saving Israel from all enemies (Crosswalk, 2002; Macmillan Encyclopedia, 2002). In  Exodus, God used Moses to save His people and in Judith, He uses a pious woman to save them (Crosswalk, 2002). The Book of Judith is included in the  Old Testament of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox versions of the Bible; it is included in the Apocrypha of the King James Version; it is not included in the Hebrew  Bible (Gottwald, 2002). Most scholars seem to believe that Judith was written for instruction and inspiration, particularly in view of the fact that the historical facts are in error  and even the geographical references are questionable (Gottwald, 2002). This is a story that sends religious and spiritual messages rather than relating facts (Gottwald, 2002). It is believed that Judith  was written towards the end of the second century or the beginning of the first century B.C. It can be divided into three parts: * Judith 1-7 = recounts the  Peril of the Jews * Judith 8-13 = tells of the Deliverance of the Jews * Judith 14-16 = describes the Victory of the Jews. The unknown author  seems to have drawn on the Exodus narrative, especially Exodus 14:31 as well as from the texts of Isaiah and the Psalms insofar as portraying Gods intervention for the preservation  of His people and of Jerusalem. especially Exodus 14:31 as well as from the texts of Isaiah and the Psalms insofar as portraying Gods intervention for the preservation of  His people and of Jerusalem. Judith is a story about how God delivered the Jewish people during a grave crisis through a pious woman, who was a widow. In