This work provides insight into the unconscious psyche of the Jewish nation at the time in which the book of Judith was written by analyzing the book according to Jung's categories of subjective dream analysis and Dawson's literary theory.

Helen Efthimiadis-Keith, D.Phil. (2001) in Old Testament, University of Port Elizabeth, is Senior Lecturer at the University of the North in South Africa. Her publications focus mainly women-friendly interpretations of biblical texts and include groundbreaking work on the book of Judith and the Psalms (Old Testament Essays 12:1, 33-56).