Comments on: Judith: A Remarkable Heroine

By: Kens Enoh

Kens Enoh — Mon, 10 Oct 2016 10:25:48 +0000

Lovely, madam…..your exposition is opening. I love it so much. I am a graduate of Religious Studies from Delta State University, Nigeria. I love to learn more from you …make out the relevance of the course in me…… 2347039596812

By: Aharon

Aharon — Mon, 19 Sep 2016 19:21:44 +0000

One small correction to the article: Neither Judith or Yael “murdered” those evil men; they “killed” them in the course of war. The correct reading of the Hebrew of the commandment in the Decalogue is “Thou shalt not murder”, not “Thou shalt not kill”.

By: humblerock

humblerock — Wed, 08 Jun 2016 04:15:48 +0000

Good. Now connect this:

Isaiah 37:22 – “…this is the word which the LORD hath spoken concerning him [Sennacherib]: The virgin daughter of Zion hath despised thee and laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee.”

The “virgin daughter of Zion” is Jerusalem, the capital of Judah. Bethulia means ‘virginity’. Jerusalem, though besieged, was not despoiled by Sennacherib’s army. The daughter of Jerusalem is Judith (Yehudit), the feminine form of Yehuda; i.e. Judah. And the head she shakes presumably once belonged to Holofernes.

This interpretation aligns with both the biblical and historical accounts of the Assyrian siege of Jerusalem.

By: Dr. Errol Alexander

Dr. Errol Alexander — Mon, 28 Mar 2016 06:42:34 +0000

When developing material for a monograph how to conduct a bible study, I included a summary on Judith from the five books that are traditionally not included on the bible. I discovered that there are several lessons one can draw (exegesis) by reviewing it. Also it is easy to see how artists throughout the years have used the story as a basis for making a great painting

By: RAYMOND ADONGO-BOLGA YIKENE

RAYMOND ADONGO-BOLGA YIKENE — Wed, 03 Jun 2015 11:15:36 +0000

WHAT A NICE PIECE THERE.
I WILL ALERT THAT EVERY GOOD CHRISTIAN SHOULD TRY AND READ THESE BOOKS CALLED APOCRYPHA/DETEROCANONICAL BOOKS.
FOR INSTANCE, THIS BOOK OF JUDITH HAS JUST THOUGHT ME THAT, NO MATTER HOW U WERE CREATED, U CAN ALWAYS BE A CONQUERER BY IDENTIFYING YOUR GIFT AND MAKING GOOD USE OF IT TO GOD’S GLORY.
JUST BY USING WHAT SHE HAD MORALLY, SHE FREED A WHOLE NATION OF ISRAEL AND EVEN THE ASSYRIANS FROM THAT EVIL HOLOFERNES.
THIS BOOK PICKS THE PICTURE OF DAVID, SMALL AS HE WAS BUT GIFTED WITH THE SKILLS OF A STRING, FREED A WHOLE NATION FROM THE SNARES OF GOLIATH.

By: Kim Patterson

Kim Patterson — Sat, 10 Jan 2015 15:09:33 +0000

Why write about someone or about a book that is not in the bible? Is it not just important to focus on the bible? Are we not told in tge bible we should not take away or add to this bible book?

By: abc

abc — Tue, 20 May 2014 01:56:58 +0000

Juidith is a bioth

By: Ellen Frank, Ph.D.

Ellen Frank, Ph.D. — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 16:30:27 +0000

I’m creating an illuminated manuscript on the Book of Judith, to be exhibited at MOBIA in June! Inspired by the great Judith paintings of the past, transforming them and interpreting them in a new way! I’d love to share the ideas governing the new work and the images: moon gold, egg tempera on Classic English vellum.

By: Amy

Amy — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 08:50:27 +0000

I was looking to see is there was archaeological proof of Judith as my breakdown of the book seems to say there are a lot of discrepancies for the locations in the book and some regard it as a novel. Plus, it would be great to debunk ideas of women not being as important as men to God.
I specially ordered a copy of the apocrypha as I am not a Catholic to study books from it, and the theory presented in there seems to go toward novel and Judith being representative of the whole of Israel. However, if she was a real person it would be great.

By: Stanley Smiyhj

Stanley Smiyhj — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 19:12:43 +0000

Wonderful re-telling of the famous tale.
It has also been written that the story
is also a representation of heroic Israeli women. “Judith” in English, and possibly in Hebrew, is the female form of the word “Jude”, the now-infamous word that means Jew. Could Judith have been ANY Hebrew widow?