Descended from the Chaldeans: According to Gen 11.28 Abraham’s family lived in “Ur of the Chaldeans.” Good News Translation customarily uses “Babylonia/Babylonians” to refer to this land and its people. “Babylonians” may be a bit anachronistic, but it simplifies a confusing situation, and it serves to identify the people with the southern part of Mesopotamia.

Quoted with permission from Bullard, Roger A. and Hatton, Howard A. A Handbook on Judith. (UBS Helps for Translators). New York: UBS, 2001. For this and other handbooks for translators see here.