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BlueMTexpat

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10. One of my favorites

Reply to Duncanpup (Original post)

Thu Nov 28, 2024, 08:37 AM

Nov 2024

is the Book of Judith.

Here's the Wiki version: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Judith

From the link:

" ... It tells of a Jewish widow, Judith, who uses her beauty and charm to kill an Assyrian general who has besieged her city, Bethulia. With this act, she saves nearby Jerusalem from total destruction. ..."

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What are your thoughts in reading the Apocrypha [View all] Duncanpup Nov 2024 OP

So fascinating. I hope you get some responses. Mike 03 Nov 2024 #1

"...salvation comes from within us..." BoRaGard Nov 2024 #2

A very timely question for me as I just got myself a copy EverHopeful Nov 2024 #3

There is a reason enigmania Nov 2024 #4

Yep PJMcK Nov 2024 #6

Have you read the Gnostic texts? PJMcK Nov 2024 #5

Yes I've read book of Mary Magdalene Duncanpup Nov 2024 #7

To answer your question PJMcK Nov 2024 #8

And to think if they would not have tried to keep us ignorant. Duncanpup Nov 2024 #9

Humanity lost almost a thousand years of advancement PJMcK Nov 2024 #22

Keep those cards and letters comming in WmChris Nov 2024 #21

One of my favorites BlueMTexpat Nov 2024 #10

judith is canon for catholics rampartd Nov 2024 #11

King James Version PJMcK Nov 2024 #23

the poetic language, even the "thees and thous" are what distinguish king james rampartd Nov 2024 #24

People made decisions for hegemony... JT45242 Nov 2024 #12

God is a loving God and there is no death. You will see your wife again, Dunc judesedit Nov 2024 #13

I'm firmly in the St Thomas camp. 🙂 MLAA Nov 2024 #14

Life Long Student Bible Nag Hamadi, Apocrypha, Vedanta & Yogananda OhNo-Really Nov 2024 #15

Thank you very much for that. judesedit Nov 2024 #27

You're welcome ✨ OhNo-Really Nov 2024 #28

I think that you are on the Right Track. beemerphill Nov 2024 #16

There never was one christanity, as studies of the earliest writings show. What Karadeniz Nov 2024 #17

It seems as I'm as familiar with Apocrypha as GOP politicians are with Matthew. surfered Nov 2024 #18

We left our lifelong church in 2010 but exmodee Nov 2024 #19

Religion? WmChris Nov 2024 #20

Revelation is unnecesary Fichefinder Nov 2024 #25

Modern Christianity owes its entire structure to late Roman Imperial politics localroger Nov 2024 #26