Judith

Description

Widow of Bethulia who, when the city was besieged by the Assyrian general Holofernes, went out to his camp with her maid, won his trust, and beheaded him in his tent, breaking the Assyrian siege.

Relationships

Family tree

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Judith

♀

Intertestamental

Manasseh (husband of Judith)

♂

Exile

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Notes

The book is treated as historical novella in many critical readings; the events are anachronistic for any single reign.