The interpretation timeline

Jdt 8:2

How this passage has been read — the sources, oldest to newest.

From the early Church Fathers to now.

Jdt 8:2 · Douay-Rheims
“And her husband was Manasses, who died in the time of the barley harvest:”
Post-Reformation c. 1650 – 1900
1849
A.D.
1774–1849
“Who. Greek adds, “of her tribe and family, and he died in the days,” &c.”
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.