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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. Judith appeared in the Hebrew Bible as one of Esau's wives, while the deuterocanonical Book of Judith tells of a different Judith. [2]
The writings of the Jewish historian Flavius Josephus also frequently differ from the Biblical record regarding the names of the high priests of Israel. Elsewhere in the Bible there are also names of rulers that are unknown to history, such as Darius the Mede from the Book of Daniel, or Ahasuerus from the Book of Esther. The large size of the ...
Most of the great women in the Bible either are married to a great man or related to one. ... A rare exception to this tradition is the prophetess and judge Deborah, perhaps the Bible's greatest woman figure. Deborah stands exclusively on her own merits. The only thing we know about her personal life is the name of her husband, Lapidot. [56]
The biblical text does not generally describe these leaders as "a judge", but says that they "judged Israel", using the verb שָׁפַט (š-f-t). [ 15 ] [ page needed ] Thus, Othniel "judged Israel forty years" ( Judges 3 :11), Tola "judged Israel twenty-three years" ( Judges 10 :2), and Jair judged Israel twenty-two years ( Judges 10 :3).
Statue of Lady Justice blindfolded and holding a balance and a sword, outside the Court of Final Appeal, Hong Kong. Lady Justice (Latin: Iustitia) is an allegorical personification of the moral force in judicial systems.
About 10 percent of college graduates ? and 13 percent of Americans overall ? think that Judge Judy is a Supreme Court Justice.
Judge Judy handed down a verdict on the matter of what she thinks makes her marriage of nearly 47 years with her husband work. The court-show arbitrator — whose real name is Judy Sheindlin ...
The 3rd season (1998–99) of Judge Judy was the show's first season as the highest-rated program in daytime television, having surpassed the highly rated Jerry Springer Show and even then daytime powerhouse The Oprah Winfrey Show for the first time [144] (King World Productions which launched Oprah was folded into CBS Television Distribution ...