Note: I have included only those books and articles I found useful in the writing of Judith: Wise Woman of Bethulia. Each section is a pdf file you can download and print.
• General
• Achior/Ahiqar/Ahikar
• Assyria
• Atlases & Maps
• Bath, Ritual (Mikvah) – see also Menstruation
• Bethulia
• Blacksmithing & Metalurgy in Ancient Near East
• Cherub & Cheribim
• Contraception in the Ancient Near East
• Conversion in Ancient Israel
• Deception, Women and the Bible
• Dinah and the Shechem Episode
• Education, Israelite – see also Scribes
• Elders in Ancient Israel
• Eunuchs in the Ancient Near East
• Fasting in Ancient Israel
• Feasting & Food in Ancient Near East
• Gates of City in Israel
• Guilds of Ancient Near East, Women’s
• Hanukkah & Judith
• Historical Background
• Inheritance Given to Israelite Daughters
• Jerusalem & the Temple
• Judith
• Marriage and Family in Ancient Israel
• Medical Practices of Ancient Near East
• Menstration in Ancient Israel
• Messengers in Ancient Near East
• Mourning Practices, Israel
• Music, Dance, Drumming Women & Daughters of Song in Ancient Israel
• Naqia, Consort of King Sennacherib
• New Moon Festival (Rosh Chodesh)
• Prayer in Ancient Israel
• Scribes and Scribal Arts of the Ancient Near East
• Seclusion of Women in Ancient Near East
• Slavery in the Ancient Near East
• Sukkot (Festival of Booths)
• Tents in the Ancient Near East
• Tob/Tobit/Tobias
• Warfare in Ancient Near East
• Widows in Ancient Israel
• Wisdom and Women of Wisdom in Ancient Israel
• Women & the Temple