Publisher's Synopsis
For over one hundred years International Critical Commentaries have had a special place among works on the Bible. Now for the first time the books of the Apocrypha have been included in this landmark series. Upholding the traditions of the ICC series this volume on Judith examines all the evidence and traditions available, incorporating both historical and new methods of study. No attempt has been made to secure a uniform theological or critical approach to the biblical text: contributors have been invited for their scholarly distinction, not for their adherence to any one school of thought. They bring together all the relevant aids to exegesis - linguistic, textual, archaeological, historical, literary, and theological - to help the reader understand the meaning of the books of the Old and New Testaments.
James K. Aitken is the editor of the T&T Clark Handbook on the Septuagint (2015), and has published widely on the Septuagint and the Apocrypha.
