Septuagint
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The Septuagint, sometimes referred to as the Greek Old Testament or The Translation of the Seventy, and abbreviated as LXX, is the earliest extant Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible from the origin
Fragment of a Septuagint: A column of uncial book from 1 Esdras in the Codex Vaticanus c. 325–350 AD, the basis of Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton's Greek edition and his English translation
Beginning of the Letter of Aristeas to Philocrates (Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, 11th century)
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Book of Judith
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The Book of Judith is a deuterocanonical book included in the Septuagint and the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, and Church of the East Old Testament of the Bible. It is excluded from t
Septuagint
…These books are estimated to have been written between 200 BC and 50 AD. Among them are the first two Books of the Maccabees; the Book of Tobit; the Book of Judith; the Book of Wisdom; Book of Sirach; the Book of Baruch (including the Letter of Jeremiah), and additions to Esther and Daniel. The LXX version of some…
Judith with the Head of Holophernes, by Cristofano Allori, 1613 (Royal Collection, London)
Judith with the Head of Holophernes, by Simon Vouet, (Alte Pinakothek, Munich)
Caravaggio's Judith Beheading Holofernes
Judith and Holophernes, by Michelangelo, (Sistine Chapel, Vatican City)