JUDITH

[Heb.,=Jewess], early Jewish book included in the Septuagint, but not included in the Hebrew Bible, and placed in the Apocrypha of Protestant Bibles. It recounts an attack on the Jews by an army led by Holofernes, Nebuchadnezzar's general. Bethulia, a besieged Jewish city, is about to surrender when Judith, a Jewish widow of great beauty and piety, takes it upon herself to enter the enemy camp. She gains the favor of Holofernes, who seeks an opportunity to seduce her. Judith beheads him while he is drunk. Judith returns to the city with his head, and the Jews rout the enemy. The story depicts Judith as an example for godly Jews when God's commitment to saving his people is mocked. Texts of Judith exist in several ancient languages. The book might be based on a folk-tale and was probably composed in Palestine during the Hasmonean period (c.160–37 b.c.). The identification of Nebuchadnezzar as king of Assyria (he was king of Babylon) may indicate that the book is not intended as literal history. However, there are historical analogies for the invasion, especially that of Antiochus IV. Another Judith, a wife of Esau, is named in the Book of Genesis.

See C. A. Moore, Judith (1985). See also bibliography under Apocrypha.

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Constantia: A Study of the Life and Works of Judith Sargent Murray, 1751-1820
Book by Vena Bernadette Field; University Press, 1931
Subjects: Murray, Judith Sargent--1751-1820, Women authors--United States--19th century
...71 . Robinson, Capt. Andrew, 12 . Robinson, Judith, 10 . Robinson, Rebecca Ingersoll , 12 . Rogers...n. Sargent, John Singer, 14 , 17 n. Sargent, Judith, see Murray, Judith Sargent Stevens . Sargent, Judith Saunders , 10...
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Judith Butler
Book by Sara Salih; Routledge, 2002
Subjects: Butler, Judith, Feminist Theory, Gender Identity, Language And Sex, Sex Role
WORKS CITED Note: Works by Judith Butler that are cited in this book...1999a Mimesis as Cultural Survival: Judith Butler and Anti-Semitism, Theory...and Melancholia. An Interview with Judith Butler, Theory, Culture and Society...
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The Fair Sex: White Women and Racial Patriarchy in the Early American Republic
Book by Pauline Schloesser; New York University Press, 2002
Subjects: Adams, Abigail--1744-1818, Murray, Judith Sargent--1751-1820, Patriarchy--United States--History--18th Century, Political Culture--United States--History--18th Century, Sex Role--Political Aspects--United States--History--18th Century, United States--Politics And Government--1775-1783, United States--Politics And Government--1783-1809, United States--Race Relations--Political Aspects--History--18th Century, Warren, Mercy Otis--1728-1814, Women--Political Activity--United States--History--18th Century
...Massachusetts convention. Judiths mother, Judith Saunders Sargent, bore eight children...children achieved distinction: her daughter Judith and her two sons Fitz William and Winthrop...soldiers, and scientists. As a girl, Judith enjoyed the best education afforded to...
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Great American Writers: Twentieth Century - Vol. 9
Book by R. Baird Shuman; Marshall Cavendish, 2002
Subjects: American Literature--20th Century--Bio-Bibliography--Dictionaries, Authors, American--20th Century--Biography--Dictionaries, Ortiz Cofer, Judith--1952---Criticism and interpretation, Piercy, Marge--Criticism and interpretation, Plath, Sylvia--Criticism and interpretation, Porter, Katherine Anne--1890-1980--Criticism and interpretation, Portis, Charles--Criticism and interpretation, Potok, Chaim--Criticism and interpretation, Rich, Adrienne Cecile--Criticism and interpretation
...INSPIRATIONS BEHIND ORTIZ COFERS WORK Judith Ortiz Cofer has admitted that she was...Acosta-Belen, Edna. A MELUS Interview: Judith Ortiz Cofer. MELUS 18, no. 3 (Fall...Like You: Stories of the Barrio, by Judith Ortiz Cofer. The Horn Booh Magazine 71...
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The Empowerment Approach to Social Work Practice: Building the Beloved Community
Book by Judith A. B. Lee; Columbia University Press, 2001
...Thousand Oaks, Cal.: Sage. Lee, Judith A. B. 1979. The Foster Parents Workshop...Work with Groups 2 2 :129 144. Lee, Judith A. B. 1980. The Helping Professional...Orthopsychiatry 50 October :580 584. Lee, Judith A. B. 1981. Human Relatedness and the...
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Listening to Gender: A Response to Judith Halberstam
Journal article by Judith A. Peraino; Women & Music, Vol. 11, 2007
Subjects: Bodies That Matter: On the Discursive Limits of Sex (Nonfiction work)--Criticism and interpretation, Butler, Judith P.--Works, Female identity--Analysis, Halberstam, Judith--Evaluation, Women's issues--Analysis
Listening to Gender: A Response to Judith Halberstam. by Judith A. Peraino THE AURAL DIMENSIONS OF GENDER AND sexuality...as something akin to a secondary sex characteristic. Judith Butler has made some tantalizing references to sound...
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A Biographical Essay on Judith Blake's Professional Career and Scholarship
Journal article by Linda B. Bourque; Annual Review of Sociology, Vol. 21, 1995
Subjects: Blake, Judith--Biography, Sociologists--Biography
A biographical essay on Judith Blakes professional career and scholarship...contemporary problems characterized Judith Blake. It permeated her research...1989, Jean van der Tak interviewed Judith as a part of a series of interviews...
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'Da Befiel Sie Furcht Und Angst ...': Judith Im Drama Des 19. Jahrhunderts
Journal article by Helen Watanabe-O'Kelly; The Modern Language Review, Vol. 102, 2007
Subjects: 'Da befiel sie Furcht und Angst ...': Judith im Drama des 19. Jahrhunderts (Book)--Book reviews, 'Judith und Holofernes': Ein Drama in funf Akten (1818) (Book)--Book reviews, Books--Book reviews, Tragische Helden mit verletzten Seelen: Mannerbilder in den Dramen Friedrich Hebbels (Book)--Book reviews
...Da Befiel Sie Furcht Und Angst ...: Judith Im Drama Des 19. Jahrhunderts. by Helen...Da befiel sie Furcht und Angst ...: Judith im Drama des 19. Jahrhunderts. By GABRIJELA...euro. ISBN 978-3-89129-756-8. Judith und Holofernes: Ein Drama in funf Akten...
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Of Sages and Sybils: Alec Hope and Judith Wright
Journal article by Anne Collett; Australian Literary Studies, Vol. 24, 2009
Subjects: Hope, A. D.--Criticism and interpretation, Hope, A. D.--Works, Poets--Criticism and interpretation, Poets--Works, Women authors--Portrayals, Women authors--Records and correspondence, Women writers--Portrayals, Women writers--Records and correspondence, Wright, Judith (Australian writer)--Portrayals, Wright, Judith (Australian writer)--Records and correspondence
Of Sages and Sybils: Alec Hope and Judith Wright. by Anne Collett It comforts me writes Alec to Judith in September 1964, that you are also engaged...the woman poet in general, but more, to Judith Wright in particular. In the first of a...
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For the Extended Family and the Universe: Judith Merril and Science Fiction Autobiography
Journal article by Dianne Newell, Jenea Tallentire; Biography, Vol. 30, 2007
Subjects: Better to Have Loved: The Life of Judith Merril (Autobiography)--Authorship, Better to Have Loved: The Life of Judith Merril (Autobiography)--Criticism and interpretation, Merril, Judith--Works, Science fiction writers--Works
...For the Extended Family and the Universe: Judith Merril and Science Fiction Autobiography. by Dianne Newell , Jenea Tallentire Judith Merrils introduction to Better to Have Loved: The Life of Judith Merril (2002) comes with a warning: "This...
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Different Colour, Same Sort of Tyranny: Garfield Todd and His Daughter, Judith, Once Fought Ian Smith's Regime of White Supremacy. Nicholas Greenslade Finds Them in Renewed Battle in Robert Mugabe's Zimbabwe
Magazine article by Nicholas Greenslade; New Statesman, Vol. 131, October 14, 2002
Subjects: Todd, Garfield--Political aspects, Todd, Judith--Political aspects, Zimbabwe--Political aspects
...tyranny: Garfield Todd and his daughter, Judith, once fought Ian Smiths regime of white...980s, then it is surely the plight of Judith Todd and her family. In 1934, Garfield...and Garfield and the Todds daughter Judith had become prominent leaders in the battle...
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Miller Brouhaha: The New York Times' Judith Miller Has Been Pummelled Unmercifully for Her Reporting on the Search for Weapons of Mass Destruction in Iraq. but Coverage of This Murky Subject Has Hardly Been the Finest Hour for the News Media in General
Magazine article by Charles Layton; American Journalism Review, Vol. 25, August 2003
Subjects: Al-Qaeda--Management, Coalition Occupation of Iraq, 2003-, Hussein, Saddam--Political activity, Journalism--Standards, Miller, Judith--Evaluation, United Nations--Management, Weapons of mass destruction--Discovery, exploration, etc., Weapons of mass destruction--Media coverage
Miller brouhaha: the New York Times Judith Miller has been pummelled unmercifully...better-qualified reporter on Earth than Judith Miller of the New York Times. Miller...leaks a story to a willing recipient, Judith Miller of the New York Times," MacArthur...
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A Lady of Letters: Judith Weir Draws on Taoism and an Eclectic Range of Texts to Create Her Witty, Erudite Compositions
Magazine article by Rick Jones; New Statesman, Vol. 137, January 14, 2008
Subjects: Composers--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Composers--Performances, Composers--Works, Taoism, Weir, Judith--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Weir, Judith--Performances, Weir, Judith--Works
A Lady of Letters: Judith Weir Draws on Taoism and an Eclectic...the 53-year-old British composer Judith Weir, the subject of a mini-festival...reminded of that enough, really." "Judith Weir: Telling the Tale" is at the Barbican...
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Judith Forst Off-stage: Meet the Person behind the Roles
Magazine article by Peter Symcox; Opera Canada, Vol. 35, Fall 1994
Subjects: Forst, Judith, Opera, Singing
Judith Forst Off-stage: Meet the Person behind the Roles by Peter Symcox I have admired Judith Forst for more than 20 years, and have...contract immediately. The artists name is Judith Forst." More than 25 years after that...
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In the Dark Speech of Praise and Birth: The Prints of Judith Anderson
Magazine article by Catherine Madsen; Cross Currents, Vol. 49, Summer 1999
Subjects: Anderson, Judith--Works, Dreams--Analysis, Feminism and the arts--Analysis, Jung, Carl Gustav--Influence, Prints--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Women artists--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Women--Portrayals, depictions, etc.
...speech of praise and birth: the prints of Judith Anderson by Catherine Madsen The artists...center. Womb, grave, fetus, yolk. When Judith Anderson made this print she had been...symbols, not being a difficulty). Call Me Judith (1989), a fierce and striking sepia...
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How Hitler Failed to Get a Hold of Judith - or Mog, Goose and Tiger; Children Told of a Literary Great Escape
Newspaper article; The Journal (Newcastle, England), June 27, 2009
Subjects: Elementary school students, Kerr, Judith
How Hitler Failed to Get a Hold of Judith - or Mog, Goose and Tiger; Children...found they had a lot in common. In 1933, Judith Kerr - famous as the author and illustrator...who have embarked on a project with Judith in the run-up to an exhibition at Seven...
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Jail for Judith Miller
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, July 8, 2005
Subjects: Miller, Judith
Jail for Judith Miller. Byline: THE WASHINGTON TIMES...dont - to understand that the jailing of Judith Miller for keeping her word to a source...judge to take it out on somebody, and Judith Miller was elected. Judge Hogan no doubt...
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Doyenne of Dance; Judith Jamison Is Bringing Herinternationally Renownedgroup to Birmingham.Diane Parkes Gets a Rare Audience
Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), July 15, 2010
Subjects: Ailey, Alvin, Jamison, Judith
Doyenne of Dance; Judith Jamison Is Bringing Herinternationally...Parkes which ballet For the past 20 years Judith Jamison has led the Alvin Ailey American...they really could be. He saw in me, Judith Jamison, not just an artist but someone...
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Travel 2000 Sicily: Cosa? No, Sir; Judith Simons Finds It Easy to Forget the Shady Side of This Sunny Island
Newspaper article by Judith Simons; The Mirror (London, England), January 15, 2000
Travel 2000 Sicily: Cosa? No, Sir; Judith Simons Finds It Easy to Forget the Shady Side of This Sunny Island. by Judith Simons WE WERE listening to a jolly Sicilian singing group when their leader made his plea. "When you hear the word...
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A Shaggy Dog Story about Falling in Love in Corfu; Judith Fielding Travels to the Sun-Kissed Island of Corfu and Is Wooed by One of Its Most Endearing Residents
Newspaper article by Judith Fielding; The Birmingham Post (England), February 5, 2000
Subjects: Corfu
A Shaggy Dog Story about Falling in Love in Corfu; Judith Fielding Travels to the Sun-Kissed Island of Corfu and Is Wooed by One of Its Most Endearing Residents. by Judith Fielding I Ivisited the sun-kissed island of Corfu and discovered just...
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encyclopedia articles on: Judith  - 46 results

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Judith
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
JUDITH Heb.,=Jewess, early Jewish book included...Jewish city, is about to surrender when Judith, a Jewish widow of great beauty and piety...who seeks an opportunity to seduce her. Judith beheads him while he is drunk. Judith returns...
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Wright, Judith
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
WRIGHT, JUDITH (Judith Arundell Wright), 1915 2000, Australian poet. After graduating from the Univ. of Sydney, she worked variously as a clerk, secretary, and statistician. She is regarded as one of the most important Australian writers...
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Malina, Judith
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
MALINA, JUDITH see Beck, Julian . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Jamison, Judith
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
JAMISON, JUDITH ja m s n, 1944 , American dancer and choreographer, b. Philadelphia. She studied ballet, tap, jazz, and modern dance, and...
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Anderson, Dame Judith
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
ANDERSON, DAME JUDITH 1898 1992, British actress, b. Adelaide, S. Australia, originally named Frances Margaret Anderson. She made her debut in...
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