8 thoughts on “ Judith ”

1. Kazragore says:

   04.11.2019 at 20:37

   biblical literature: Judith The book of Judith is similar to the biblical Book of Esther in that it also describes how a woman saved her people from impending massacre The book relates that Nebuchadrezzar, king of Assyria, sent his general Holofernes on an expedition against Palestine.

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2. Fezil says:

   03.11.2019 at 23:57

   noun a devoutly religious woman of the ancient Jews who saved her town from conquest by entering the camp of the besieging Assyrian army and cutting off the head of its commander, Holofernes, while he slept. a book of the Apocrypha and Douay Bible bearing her name.

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3. Zulkirg says:

   05.11.2019 at 16:31

   The other Queen for whom they retain a great veneration is Candace, whom they call Judith, and indeed if what they relate of her could be proved, there never was, amongst the most illustrious and beneficent sovereigns, any to whom their country was more indebted, for it is said that she being converted by Inda her eunuch, whom St.

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4. Maujar says:

   10.11.2019 at 18:30

   Jan 31,  · Judith: A Remarkable Heroine The first half of a two-part Bible History Daily presentation of Judith This is the first half of Robin Gallaher Branch’s article discussing the character Judith, the remarkable heroine of the book bearing her name. The article was originally published in

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5. Gasho says:

   03.11.2019 at 04:33

   The Old English poem Judith describes the beheading of Assyrian general Holofernes by Israelite Judith of Bethulia. It is found in the same manuscript as the heroic poem Beowulf, the Nowell Codex (London, British Library, Cotton MS Vitellius A. XV), dated ca. –

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6. Samulmaran says:

   12.11.2019 at 02:42

   The oldest extant text of Judith is the preservation of – 7 inscribed on a third-century A.D. potsherd. Whatever the reasons, the rabbis did not count Judith among their scriptures, and the Reformation adopted that position. The early Church, however, held this book in high honor.

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7. Totaxe says:

   06.11.2019 at 09:11

   What does Judith mean? Judith ▼ as a girls' name is pronounced JOO-dith. It is of Hebrew origin, and the meaning of Judith is "from Judea; Jewish".

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8. Zulkilmaran says:

   02.11.2019 at 22:55

   Judith Butler: I want to first question whether trans-exclusionary feminists are really the same as mainstream feminists. If you are right to identify the one with the other, then a feminist position opposing transphobia is a marginal position. I think this may be wrong.

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