Book of Judith: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide
Book of Judith by Douay-Rheims Version: the LibriVox audiobook summary, 3 original MP3 tracks, 56:10 running time and a link to listen.
Book of Judith, credited to Douay-Rheims Version, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.
About the work
The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:
LibriVox recording of Book of Judith, from the Douay-Rheims Bible. Read by Sam Stinson. The story revolves around Judith, a daring and beautiful widow, who is upset with her Jewish countrymen for being unwilling to engage their foreign conquerors. She goes with her loyal if reluctant maid Abra to the camp of the enemy general, Holofernes, to whom she slowly ingratiates herself, promising him both sexual favors and information on the Israelites. Gaining his trust (though not having delivered on either promise), she is allowed access to his tent one night as he lies in a drunken stupor. She decapitates him, then takes his head back to her fearful countrymen. The Assyrians, having lost their leader, disperse, and Israel is saved. Though she is courted by many, she remains unmarried for the rest of her life. (Summary by Wikipedia)
Recording facts
- Recording title: Book of Judith
- Author credits: Douay-Rheims Version
- Language: English
- Original MP3 tracks: 3
- Listed recording duration: 56:10
Catalogue topics
- religion
- Bible
- apocrypha
- Deuterocanon
Track guide
- 01 - Chapters 01-05 — 14:30
- 02 - Chapters 06-10 — 20:40
- 03 - Chapters 11-16 — 21:00
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