Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Shoshanna Walker <rosewalk AT concentric.net>]

That can't be a reason - the Anshei Knesset HaGedolah did not 
consider "baptism" required by Jewish law, as such.  There were 
certain times, especially for women, that a person was required to 
immerse in a mikva, but it was not "baptism" in the non-Jewish sense.

Shoshanna




Regarding canonicity, Moore (in ABD) suggests a few reasons it was 
rejected:  Judith was too liberated; Achior was an Ammonite; Achior 
was not baptized. The latter is considered most likely.

Ken

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> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:b-hebrew-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Søren Holst
> Sent: December 2, 2007 5:02 PM
> To: b-hebrew
> Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Book of Judith
>
> Er, could it be that Pere assumes Judith must be *originally*
> written in Hebrew?
>
> I don't think this is supposed to be the case, and certainly
> a Hebrew original is not extant.
>
> That could be one reason (as suggested by someone a bit
> earlier) that it was left out of the canon (although we don't
> know the exact criteria used to decide what went in and what
> was left out).
>
> kol tuv
> Soren
>
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> Fra: b-hebrew-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org på vegne af Yigal Levin
> Sendt: sø 02-12-2007 21:36
> Til: b-hebrew
> Emne: Re: [b-hebrew] Book of Judith
>
>
>
> Dear Pere,
>
> I don't know of an online translation of Judith into Hebrew.
> The two printed translations that I know of (I'm sure that
> there are others) are by M.
> Simon, in the second volume of the Hebrew Apocrypha edited by
> A. Kahana from
> 1956 and that of Y.M. Grintz from 1957. But why read a
> translation into Hebrew, and not into your own language?
>
> Yigal Levin
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> Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2007 12:25 PM
> Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Book of Judith
>
>
> >I do not know whether these are appropriate questions for this list.
> >
> > 1. Does anyone know where the Hebrew text of the book of
> Judith  --not
> > found in the Hebrew canon-- is available, either online or
> in printed
> > form?
> > Logically, this is for the case that such Hebrew text exists or has
> > been preserved; otherwise... no question.
> >
> > 2. Does anyone know why, for which reasons, the book of
> Judith was not
> > included in the Jewish canon?
> >
> > Pere Porta
> > Barcelona (Spain)
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