George Leo Haydock
Catholic
1774–1849
“Chaldeans. Abraham was a native of Ur, Genesis xii. (Calmet) — This tended to conciliate the favour of the general, who was of the same country. (Menochius)”
The interpretation timeline
Jdt 5:6
How this passage has been read — the sources, oldest to newest.
From the early Church Fathers to now.
Jdt 5:6 · Douay-Rheims
“This people is of the offspring of the Chaldeans.”
Post-Reformation
c. 1650 – 1900
1849
A.D.
Modern · 1953 →
The in-app commentary runs from the Fathers to the early-modern record, then stops — that's where the public-domain sources end, not where the reading does. For the modern reading, follow the sources directly.