- Book of Judith - Wikipedia
The Book of Judith is a apocryphal book that was never part of the Jewish Bible, but was included in the Septuagint and deuterocanon of Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Christianity It tells of a Jewish widow, Judith, who uses her beauty and charm to kill an Assyrian general who has besieged her city, Bethulia
- 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)
- 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)
- Book of Judith | Apocrypha, Holofernes Siege of Bethulia - Britannica
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
- JUDITH CHAPTER 1 KJV - King James Bible Online
14 And became lord of his cities, and came unto Ecbatane, and took the towers, and spoiled the streets thereof, and turned the beauty thereof into shame 15 He took also Arphaxad in the mountains of Ragau, and smote him through with his darts, and destroyed him utterly that day
- Topical Bible: Judith
Judith, a devout and beautiful widow, emerges as the heroine of the account When her town is besieged and the people are on the brink of surrender, Judith steps forward with a bold plan She chastises the leaders of Bethulia for their lack of faith and declares her trust in God's deliverance
- 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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