The present volume contains papers delivered at the International Conference on the
Deuterocanonical Books held at the Sapientia College of Theology Budapest Hungary 14-16 May
2009. The contributions explore various aspects of the Book of Judith: its textual versions
historical background theological ideas and literary afterlife.The conference on which this
volume is based was the most comprehensive scholarly meeting devoted recently to the Book of
Judith. The contributors reopened several basic questions concerning the writing such as the
identification of concrete historical personalities reflected in the book or some aspects of
the halakhic system of the author.The scope of the contributions extends also to the late
mediaeval use of the book by European playwrights.
