Historia, a Księga Judyty

The book of Judith seems to be a historical narrative. It contains the names of nations, sovereigns and the dates of events. The book is about the expeditions of armies, giving the large amount of geographic and topographic data. The book gives the location of the city Bethulia in Palestine. Any efforts to link the contents of the story with the history of Israel, however, did not bring the expected results because the story shows many historical misstatements. Today, it is believed that this is not a historical book and the purpose if its creation was to transmit the didactical contents. The content of the book was probably selected so as to express in the best way the wisdom proclamation contained in it.