“Just curious as to how you get that either of those quotes means that Judith is not considered Scripture by the authors.”
I said they didn’t believe that the contents of Judith were even true. I didn’t say they didn’t consider it scripture, though their calling it “fiction” certainly nullifies its position as scripture.
I thought the thread was about which books are Scriptural. Sorry, if I read into your post that because these men believe Judith to be fiction, it means that they also considered it not to be Scripture.
As per your response, it seems that is your opinion. What about it being fiction nullifies it being Scripture?
“...though their calling it “fiction” certainly nullifies its position as scripture.”
Song of Solomon is a lyric poem. It has also been described as allegory. Does that disqualify it as scripture, too?