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Judith, the protagonist of the book, introduced in chapter 8 as a God-fearing woman, she is the daughter of Merari, a Simeonite, [46] and widow of a certain Manasseh ...
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 Old English poem is one of many retellings of the Holofernes–Judith tale as it was found in the Book of Judith, still present in the Catholic and Orthodox Christian Bibles. The other extant version is by Ælfric of Eynsham , late 10th-century Anglo-Saxon abbot and writer; his version is a homily (in prose) of the tale.
Judith slaying Holofernes by Artemisia Gentileschi, 1614–18. The account of the beheading of Holofernes by Judith is given in the deuterocanonical Book of Judith, and is the subject of many paintings and sculptures from the Renaissance and Baroque periods.
Judith of Flanders (circa 843 – 870 or later) was a Carolingian princess who became Queen of Wessex by two successive marriages and later Countess of Flanders. Judith was the eldest child of the Carolingian emperor Charles the Bald and his first wife, Ermentrude of Orléans .
Judith is the third in a series of historical novels set in late 18th-century England written by the Ireland-based author Brian Cleeve. Like its predecessors, Judith features as its protagonist a young independent-minded woman who tries to make her way in a largely inhospitable and sometimes terrifying world.
Judith, cantate by Sébastien de Brossard; Judith, a 1761 oratorio by Thomas Arne; Judith, an 1888 work by Hubert Parry; Judith, an 1863 opera by Alexander Serov; Judith, a 1975 album by singer Judy Collins; Judith, a 1985 opera by Siegfried Matthus "Judith" (A Perfect Circle song), 2000 "Judith" (Pat Boone song)
In the 1901 version, Judith maintains a magnetic fascination and sensuality, subsequently abandoned by Klimt in his Judith II, where she acquires sharper traits and a fierce expression. In its formal qualities, the first version illustrates a heroine with the archetypal features of the bewitching and charming ladies described by symbolist ...