Judith

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biblical book deuterocanonical book

Judith is a deuterocanonical book of the Bible that tells the story of a courageous Jewish widow who saves her people by beheading the Assyrian general Holofernes.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Judith canonical 23
Judith is a pious widow 1
Judith of Bethulia 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf biblical book ⓘ
deuterocanonical book ⓘ
approximateDateOfComposition Hellenistic period GENERATED ⓘ
associatedWith Book of Esther GENERATED ⓘ
Book of Tobit GENERATED ⓘ
canonicalStatus apocryphal in most Protestant traditions GENERATED ⓘ
deuterocanonical in Catholic and Orthodox traditions GENERATED ⓘ
characterStatusOfJudith devout Jew ⓘ
widow GENERATED ⓘ
division Old Testament deuterocanonical books GENERATED ⓘ
featuresCharacter Nebuchadnezzar GENERATED ⓘ
genre didactic literature GENERATED ⓘ
heroic tale GENERATED ⓘ
religious narrative GENERATED ⓘ
influenceOnArt inspired Renaissance and Baroque artworks ⓘ
subject of numerous paintings depicting Judith and Holofernes GENERATED ⓘ
keyEvent Judith beheads Holofernes while he is drunk. GENERATED ⓘ
Judith infiltrates the Assyrian camp. GENERATED ⓘ
The Assyrian army flees after discovering Holofernes dead. GENERATED ⓘ
language Greek GENERATED ⓘ
literaryForm historical romance GENERATED ⓘ
theological fiction GENERATED ⓘ
mainAntagonist Holofernes GENERATED ⓘ
mainCharacter Judith (biblical figure) GENERATED ⓘ
militaryOpponent Assyrians GENERATED ⓘ
moralEmphasis trust in God over military power GENERATED ⓘ
virtue and piety rewarded ⓘ
narrativePerspective pro-Israelite GENERATED ⓘ
notPartOf Hebrew Bible GENERATED ⓘ
Protestant biblical canon GENERATED ⓘ
partOf Catholic biblical canon GENERATED ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox biblical canon GENERATED ⓘ
Septuagint GENERATED ⓘ
plotSummary A Jewish widow Judith saves her people by killing the Assyrian general Holofernes. GENERATED ⓘ
protagonistRole Judith is portrayed as a pious and courageous widow. GENERATED ⓘ
religiousTradition Christianity GENERATED ⓘ
Judaism GENERATED ⓘ
scripturalUse used in Catholic liturgy GENERATED ⓘ
used in Orthodox liturgy ⓘ
setting ancient Near East GENERATED ⓘ
theme courage GENERATED ⓘ
deliverance of Israel GENERATED ⓘ
divine providence GENERATED ⓘ
faith in God GENERATED ⓘ
female heroism GENERATED ⓘ

Referenced by (27)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Septuagint → includesDeuterocanonicalBook → Judith ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox canon → includesBook → Judith ⓘ
Apocrypha (in early editions) → containsWork → Judith ⓘ
Roman Catholic biblical canon → includesBook → Judith ⓘ
Roman Catholic biblical canon → includesDeuterocanonicalBook → Judith ⓘ
Judith Resnik → givenName → Judith ⓘ
Biograph Company → notableWork → Judith ⓘ
this entity surface form: Judith of Bethulia
Jujamcyn Theaters → namedAfter → Judith ⓘ
Judith Beheading Holofernes → depicts → Judith ⓘ
Deuterocanonical books → contains → Judith ⓘ
On Famous Women → notableFigureProfiled → Judith ⓘ
Nowell Codex → containsWork → Judith ⓘ
Cotton Vitellius A XV → containsText → Judith ⓘ
Anglo-Saxon literature → notableWork → Judith ⓘ
Book of Judith → mainCharacter → Judith ⓘ
Book of Judith → characterRole → Judith ⓘ
this entity surface form: Judith is a pious widow
Council of Carthage (397) → recognized → Judith ⓘ
Juditha triumphans → subject → Judith ⓘ
Juditha triumphans → character → Judith ⓘ
this entity surface form: Juditha
Österreichische Galerie Belvedere → ownsWork → Judith ⓘ
Judith by Gustav Klimt → depicts → Judith ⓘ
Alessandro Scarlatti → notableWork → Judith ⓘ
this entity surface form: La Giuditta
Holofernes → killedBy → Judith ⓘ
Holofernes → opponent → Judith ⓘ
Judith’s maidservant → serves → Judith ⓘ
Judith’s maidservant → associatedWith → Judith ⓘ
Brice → associatedWithCharacter → Judith ⓘ