Look up: Judith

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   Judith
   [n] - (Apocrypha) Jewish heroine in one of the books of the Apocrypha
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   Judith
   In the Old Testament, a Jewish widow who saved her community from a Babylonian siege by pretending to seduce, and then beheading, the enemy general Holofernes. Her story is much represented in...
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   Judith
   Book of Judith noun an Apocryphal book telling how Judith saved her people
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   Judith
   (from the article `biblical literature`) ...it also describes how a woman saved her people from impending massacre by her cunning and daring. The name of the heroine occurs already in Gen. ... ...Old Testament narratives Genesis, Exodus, and Daniel. Of these, Exodus is remarkable for its intricate diction and bold imagery. The fragmenta...
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   Judith
   (from the article `Giorgione`) ...art, particularly those of Titian. None, however, achieved so fully the expression of remoteness and unself-conscious beauty as this majestic and ...
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   Judith
   (from the article `Hebbel, Friedrich`) Hebbel`s powerful prose play Judith, based on the biblical story, brought him fame in 1840 upon its performance in Hamburg and Berlin. His poetic ...
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   Judith
   Judith is a French girl name. The meaning of the name is `Of Judea, Jewess` Where is it used? The name Judith is mainly used In English, Jewish, French and In the bible.How do they say it elsewhere? Judite ( In Portuguese) Judyta ( In Polish) Yehudit ( In Jewish) Yehudah ( In Jewish) Hudes ( In Jewish) Yudel ( In Jewish) Yehudi ( In Jewish) Giuditta ( In Itali
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   Judith
   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 surrend...
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