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Agafia was the daughter of Svyatoslav III Igorevich [1] and his wife Yaroslava Rurikovna, a daughter of prince Rurik Rostislavich of Belgorod . Between 1207 and 1210, Agafia arrived in Poland to marry Konrad I of Masovia. [1] The marriage was for political reasons, as her father had become an ally of Leszek I the White and wanted to improve ...
JUDITH, BOOK OF (יְהוּדִ֔ית, a Jewess; ̓Ιουδίθ, ̓Ιουδήθ). An apocryphal book bearing the name of its principal character. The name occurs in the Heb. Canon only in Genesis 26:34 as the wife of Esau. 1. Texts and versions. (a) Hebrew.
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Apr 17, 2023 · 1. INTRODUCTION. 1.1. Judith belongs to the list of books that are absent in Jewish and Protestant bibles, and is therefore known as one of the so-called “Deuterocanonical Books” (a.k.a., Tobit, Judith, 1-2 Maccabees, Wisdom of Solomon, Sirach, portions of Esther and Daniel). Alongside Tobit, the canonical status of Judith was affirmed by ...
The Book of Judith is a deuterocanonical book included in the Septuagint and the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Christian Old Testament of the Bible but excluded from the Hebrew canon and assigned by Protestants to the apocrypha. It tells of a Jewish widow, Judith, who uses her beauty and charm to kill an Assyrian general who has besieged her ...
The book can be divided into five parts: I. Assyrian Threat . II. Siege of Bethulia . III. Judith, Instrument of the Lord (8:1–10:10) IV. Judith Goes Out to War (10:11–13:20) V. Victory and Thanksgiving (14:1–16:25)
Duchy of Masovia [a] was a district principality and a fiefdom of the Kingdom of Poland, existing during the Middle Ages. [1] [2] The state was centered in Mazovia in the northeastern Kingdom of Poland, and during its existence, its capital was located in the Płock, Czersk and Warsaw. It was formed in 1138 from the territories of the Kingdom ...
The Book of Judith may be divided as follows: I: The Assyrian Threat ( 1:1—3:10) II: Campaign against Bethulia ( 4:1—7:32) III: Deliverance through a Woman ( 8:1—13:20) IV: Triumph of the People of God ( 14:1—16:20) V: Epilogue ( 16:21-25)
