The council of trent (1546) included judith in the canon Thus it is one of the seven deuterocanonical books The life of judith, esau’s wife, brings important lessons about the consequences of our decisions Judith belonged to a people who did not follow the customs or faith of the israelites. Her hebrew name means “jewish woman.” her exploits captured the imagination of liturgists, artists, and writers through the centuries. A beautiful jewish widow named judith left the besieged city in pretended flight and foretold to holofernes that he would be victorious
Invited into his tent, she cut off his head as he lay in drunken sleep and brought it in a bag to bethulia. An indepth look at the meaning and etymology of the awesome name judith We'll discuss the original hebrew, plus the words and names judith is related to, plus the occurences of this name in the bible. From the hebrew name יְהוּדִית (yehuḏiṯ) meaning jewish woman, feminine of יְהוּדִי (yehuḏi), ultimately referring to a person from the tribe of judah In the old testament judith is one of the hittite wives of esau This is also the name of the main character of the apocryphal book of judith.
The apocryphal book of judith tells the story of an assyrian invasion of israel, led by a man named holofernes Judith, a widow in a besieged israelite town, seduces and murders holofernes, securing victory for israel. Judith is a feminine given name derived from the hebrew name yəhūdīt (יְהוּדִית), meaning praised and also more literally woman of judea It is the feminine form of judah.
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