Judith as Gurdi who slew the Assyrian commander
by Damien F. Mackey What I think are certainties First certainty. Whether or not one believes that the Book of Judith is a genuine historical account, what is certain, so I think (and others do, too), is that Charles C. Torrey – who did not believe that the book was meant to be considered as historical – has shown beyond any shadow of doubt that the author of the Book of Judith had in mind the highly strategic city of Shechem when he told about the heroine Judith’s city of “Bethulia” (his “Betylūa”). Just read his account of it in which he establishes “Bethulia”, north, south, east and west, as Shechem: The Site of ‘Bethulia’ Charles C. Torrey Journal of the American Oriental Society , Vol. 20 (1899), pp. 160-172 (13 pages) The name “Bethulia” (“Betylūa”) can be accounted for as the northern Bethel of Israel’s King Jeroboam I. For, as Dr. John Osgood has explained it: Techlets · Creation.com “ W. R...
