- Book of Judith - Wikipedia
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
- Judith, THE BOOK OF JUDITH | USCCB
The Book of Judith relates the story of God’s deliverance of the Jewish people This was accomplished “by the hand of a female”—a constant motif (cf 8:33; 9:9, 10; 12:4; 13:4, 14, 15; 15:10; 16:5) meant to recall the “hand” of God in the Exodus narrative (cf Ex 15:6)
- Judith (given name) - Wikipedia
Judith is a feminine given name derived from the Hebrew name Yəhūdīt (יְהוּדִית), meaning "praised" and also more literally "Woman of Judea " It is the feminine form of Judah
- The Book of Judith - Bible Gateway
The Book of Judith relates the story of God’s deliverance of the Jewish people This was accomplished “by the hand of a female”—a constant motif (cf 8:33; 9:9, 10; 12:4; 13:4, 14, 15; 15:10; 16:5) meant to recall the “hand” of God in the Exodus narrative (cf Ex 15:6)
- Judith: A Remarkable Heroine - Biblical Archaeology Society
The Book of Judith —considered canonical by Roman Catholics, Apocrypha Literature by Protestants, and non-canon by Jews—tells the story of the ignominious defeat of the Assyrians, an army bent on world domination, by the hand of a Hebrew woman (Judith 13:14)
- Biblical literature - Judith, Apocrypha, Heroine | Britannica
Judith is an exemplary Jewish woman Her deed is probably invented under the influence of the account of the 12th-century- bce Kenite woman Jael (Judg 5:24–27), who killed the Canaanite general Sisera by driving a tent peg through his head
- Book of Judith - Encyclopedia of The Bible - Bible Gateway
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
- Meaning, origin and history of the name Judith
From the Hebrew name יְהוּדִית (Yehuḏiṯ) meaning "Jewish woman", feminine of יְהוּדִי (yehuḏi), ultimately referring to a person from the tribe of Judah In the Old Testament Judith is one of the Hittite wives of Esau This is also the name of the main character of the apocryphal Book of Judith
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