Douay Rheims New Testament, published in 1582, is a Latin Vulgate translation of St. John. Jerome in the fourth century AD. It influenced the King James Bible, which was published a few years later, and until the mid-20th century, it was the only vernacular script authorized by the Roman Catholic...

The book of Ecclesiasticus is preceded by a preface, the authenticity of which is said to be the work of a Greek translator of the Hebrew original. In the introduction to his translation, the author describes how he was struck by the wisdom of Proverbs and how he hopes to make these valuable...

Wisdom is one of the Apocrypha/Apocrypha books of the Bible. It's a book of knowledge that's on par with the classics. Scholars believe the book represents the most classic Greek version of the Septuagint since it was written during the Judeo-Hellenistic period (1st or 2nd century BC). The author...

Tobias is the 17th book of the Bible and one of the historical books in the Old Testament. In the text, Raphael, after revealing his angelic nature, commands father and son to tell and write about all the miracles that God has wrought in them. The part of the book written in the first-person...

Judith is the eighteenth book of the Bible and one of the history books of the Old Testament. The overriding theme is the power of prayer. Holofernes' army besieged the Israelites, and they prayed to God to defeat them. Judith seduces Holoferny and beheads him in his sleep, finding their leader...

This book tells the story of Tobias, an Israelite who lived in Nineveh after the northern tribes of Israel conquered Israel in 721 BC—deported to Assyria in an attempt to provide a proper burial for fallen Israelites. One night, while sleeping outside, he was blinded by bird droppings falling into...

The book tells the story of a righteous Israelite named Tobit from the tribe of Naphtali, who died after the northern tribes of Israel were deported to Assyria in 721 BC. Lived under Sargon II of Nineveh. (From Wikipedia, modified by Sam Stinson)...

The story revolves around Judith, a brave and beautiful widow who resents her fellow Jews for not wanting to fight foreign conquerors. She goes with her faithful but reluctant maid Abra to the camp of the enemy general Holofernes, to whom she slowly insinuates herself, promising him sexual favors...

The Book of Baruch exhorts exiled Jews to embrace exile, hope for God's mercy, and resist the temptation to worship Gentile idols. The Book of Baruch, sometimes called the Book of Baruch, is the para-canonical or apocryphal book of the Bible. Although not in the Hebrew Bible, it is found in the...

Another six chapters are interspersed with Esther in the Septuagint, the Greek translation Jerome then marked in compiling the Latin Vulgate; moreover, the Greek text has many minor variations in the meaning of the text. The extra chapter contains several prayers to God, perhaps because it was...