Showing posts with label Book of Judith Apocryphal Deuterocanonical Books Toni Craven C20th studies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Book of Judith Apocryphal Deuterocanonical Books Toni Craven C20th studies. Show all posts

Wednesday, October 10, 2012

The Book of Judith in the Context of Twentieth-Century Studies




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The Book of Judith in the Context of Twentieth-Century Studies of the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books

 
  1. Toni Craven
    1. Texas Christian University: Brite Divinity School
     

Abstract

Studies of Judith represent three overlapping but distinct periods of critical inquiry. Interests were awakened (1913-49), as three firsts in English wit ness: Charles's comprehensive APOT (1913), Oesterley's two one-volume introdutions to the Apocrypha (1914, 1935) and Pfeiffer's critical introduc tion (1949). In a second period (1950-85), Judith's context undergoes remarkable shifts both within the Bible and the wider community with the inclusion of the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books in translations like the RSV and NRSV, text-critical editions, literary analysis, initial feminist studies, and collaborative alliances of Protestant, Catholic and Jewish scholars. In a third period (1986-2001), critical strategies enlarge to represent increas ingly gender-inclusive, interdisciplinary, international and eclectic concerns.

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