9.3.1 Background

The book of Judith is transmitted in two essentially different text forms: on the one hand, in the Greek version and the related ancient translations (VL [9.5], S [9.4], Eth [9.6], Cop^Sa [9.7], Arm [9.8]), and on the other hand, in the Latin Vulgate version (9.5) and in medieval Hebrew manuscripts (9.2) that ordinarily run parallel with it. In the manuscripts, Judith is mostly transmitted together with Esther and Tobit in second…