History of Dor. 57 



confusion of <o and ov is a veiy common phenomenon, the variation 

 between Soup and Awp is easily explained. 



The date of the composition of Judith is generally placed in the 

 second century B. C. It is a romance with its setting in the times 

 of Nebuchadrezzar, As such it has little or no historical value. 

 The principal value of this notice consists, therefore, in its indica- 

 tion that in the second century B. C. the writer recognized in Dor 

 one of the coast towns important enough to merit enumeration in a 

 list of the larsfer cities of the res^ion. 



