Book of Judith Summary – The Woman Who Struck Down a King. Judith is one of the most fascinating and controversial figures in the Bible—and yet many Protestant readers have never heard of her. Why? Because Judith is one of the books included in the Septuagint, the Greek Old Testament used by Jesus, the apostles, and the early Church for nearly two millennia—but later excluded from many modern Protestant Bibles.

The Apocrypha: Lost Books or Forgotten Scripture? The word “Apocrypha” means hidden in Greek. But in this context, it refers to a group of ancient Jewish writings included in the Greek Old Testament—the Septuagint (LXX)—but later excluded from the Hebrew Masoretic Text. These books are also known as the Deuterocanonical Books (literally, “second canon”), especially in Catholic and Orthodox circles, where they are considered fully inspired Scripture.