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The name Judith ( Hebrew: יְהוּדִית, Modern: Yəhūdīt, Tiberian: Yŭhūḏīṯ ), meaning "praised" or "Jewess", [1] is the feminine form of Judah . The surviving manuscripts of Greek translations appear to contain several historical anachronisms, which is why some Protestant scholars now consider the book non-historical.
The book is filled with double entendres and ironic situations, e.g., Judith’s conversation with Holofernes in 11:5–8, 19, where “my lord” is ambiguous, and her declaration to Holofernes that she will lead him through Judea to Jerusalem (his head goes on such a journey). The book can be divided into five parts: I. Assyrian Threat
The Book of Judith. After the story of a family delineated in the Book of Tobit, the Bible gives us a national drama in two parts. In the first, the fearsome armada of Holofernes imposes its domination over all peoples; the little Israelite nation is threatened and in danger of perishing. In the second, the situation is reversed; a hope of ...
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Book of Judith, apocryphal work excluded from the Hebrew and Protestant biblical canons but included in the Septuagint (Greek version of the Hebrew Bible) and accepted in the Roman canon. The book relates that Nebuchadrezzar, king of Assyria, sent his general Holofernes on an expedition against
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The Book of Judith tells the story of God's deliverance of the Jewish people by a female heroine. It is one of the deuterocanonical books of the Bible, not included in the Hebrew canon.
The consensus of scholars is that the Book of Judith was written in the 2nd cent. b.c., prob. as a result of the Maccabean conflict. The persecution of Antiochus Epiphanes would provide a favorable background for this type of lit. Those who argue for this view point out the zeal for orthodox Judaism (a characteristic of the Maccabean period ...
Sep 5, 2023 · Learn about the book of Judith, a canonical or apocryphal text that tells the story of a Hebrew woman who saves Israel from the Assyrians by beheading their general. Discover how Judith commands, plans, leads, speaks, and uses her beauty and power to achieve her goal.
