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  JewishEncyclopedia.com - JUDITH, BOOK OF:   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
But in Judith the names of persons and localities are introduced in such profusion and with such minuteness of detail as have no parallel in the other old Jewish compositions of this class.
In the distress which follows, Judith, a woman of Bethulia, works deliverance for her city—and thus for all Judea and Jerusalem—by bewitching the Assyrian captain, Holofernes, and cutting off his head.
Judith is certainly one of the very best extant specimens of old Jewish story-telling, and forms a worthy companion-piece to Tobit, which it surpasses in vividness of style.
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 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Book of Judith
She returns inviolate to the city with his head as a trophy, and a sally on the part of the Jews results in the rout of the Assyrians.
Judith is no mythical personage, she and her heroic deed lived in the memory of the people; but the difficulties enumerated above seem to show that the story as we now have it was committed to writing at a period long subsequent to the facts.
The Book of Judith does not exist in the Hebrew Bible, and is consequently excluded from the Protestant Canon of Holy Scripture.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/08554a.htm   (2118 words)

  
 Book of Judith
Judith is included with the Apocrypha in the King James Version; it does not appear in the Hebrew Bible.
Judith seizes a sword, beheads him, wraps the severed head in a bag, and returns with it to her people.
Judith, Jewess, the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and one of Esau's wives (Gen. 26:34), elsewhere called Aholibamah (36: 2-14).
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Judith Chapter 12 Judith goeth out in the night to pray: she is invited to a banquet with Holofernes.
Then Vagao went in to Judith, and said: Let not my good maid be afraid to go in to my lord, that she may be honoured before his face, that she may eat with him and drink wine and be merry.
Judith Chapter 14 The Israelites assault the Assyrians, who finding their general slain, are seized with a panic fear.
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 Judith develops and provides a safe and sacred space…her commitment is refreshing and courageous.
I called Judith and from the moment I began speaking with her I knew that Judith was a very special person who was much different from the other therapists I had worked with or any one I have ever spoken with.
Judith, by her word and more powerfully by her presence and response, showed me that the life crisis I was going through was an opportunity to enter into a deeper healing to live my life much more fully.
Thru Judith’s gifts and integrity and commitment to her own work as well as to me as a client, I have been held in a container of truth, commitment and safety that has allowed my soul to bring parts of myself that have been lost, split, hidden, repressed, shamed, distorted into the light for healing.
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 Judith and Holofernes
"Judith was left alone in the tent, with Holofernes stretched out on the bed, for he was overcome with wine (Judith 13,2)...
The Old Testament narrates the episode of Judith who saved her city of Bethulia from the siege of Holofernes, general of the Assyrian king Nabucodonosor, by killing him after a banquet at which he had been made drink, beheading him and bringing his head to his fellow citizens (Judith ch.
On the left are the sleeping guards, in the centre Judith and her handmaid covering the head of the murdered Holofernes, (presumed to be a portrait of Michelangelo) with a cloth and, lastly, on the right we see the body of the mutilated Holofernes.
mv.vatican.va /3_EN/pages/x-Schede/CSNs/CSNs_V_Penn_01.html   (201 words)

  
 Judith (Decollete)
In a nutshell, Judith (meaning jewess) is the story of a fetching widow who tarts herself up to seduce the enemy, gets him drunk, cuts off his head as he snores, and marches back to town triumphant, head in bag.
The Book of Judith does not exist in the Hebrew Old Testament, and is consequently excluded from the Protestant Canon of Holy Scripture.
In a contemporary sense Judith's is not necessarily one of self-sacrifice.
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 Judith
Judith fell upon her face, and put ashes upon her head, and uncovered the sackcloth wherewith she was clothed; and about the time that the incense of that evening was offered in Jerusalem in the house of the Lord Judith cried with a loud voice, and said,
Now when Judith came in and sat down, Holofernes his heart was ravished with her, and his mind was moved, and he desired greatly her company; for he waited a time to deceive her, from the day that he had seen her.
Judith also dedicated all the stuff of Holofernes, which the people had given her, and gave the canopy, which she had taken out of his bedchamber, for a gift unto the Lord.
www.carm.org /lost/judith.htm   (10223 words)

  
 Judith Miller - SourceWatch
Judith Miller, after two weeks of negotiations, on November 9, 2005, ended her 28-year career with the New York Times.
Tate said October 3, 2005, "that New York Times reporter Judith Miller and her attorneys are responsible for Miller's 85 days in jail, reiterating that she was given permission a year ago to tell a prosecutor about private conversations she had with Libby," R. Jeffrey Smith reported in the Washington Post.
And in an independent critique, Norman Solomon points out some disturbing details in Miller's account, such as her admission that she was given "clearance" by the Pentagon "to see secret information" which she "was not permitted to discuss" with her own editors.
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 Judith
The name Judith itself actually means 'Jewess'; and Judith's city, Bethulia, is not only otherwise unknown, but is placed in the geographically and historically impossible position of being a Judean fortress in the valley of Esdraelon in the period immediately after the Exile (4:1-7).
The proud and aggressive ruler depicted in Judith is the successor of the character of Sennacherib in Isaiah 36-38.
Two obvious responses are, 'It's only a story' and 'All's fair in war.' Nevertheless, Judith is celebrated in the story as the Mother of Israel and as the model for pious widowhood.
www.earlyjewishwritings.com /judith.html   (1461 words)

  
 Judith
However, Judith it is considered canonical by the Roman Catholic church and most of the Eastern churches, but not by most Protestants.
Chapter 9: Judith's prayer in which she begs God to fortify her in the task she is about to undertake.
Chapter 12: Judith goes out in the night to pray: she is invited to a banquet with Holofernes.
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 ABOUT JUDITH'S TABLE
Judith's Table began as Judith's applied spirituality student project while studying feminist spirituality at the Women's Leadership Institute at Hartford Seminary in 2003.
Judith's Table is a circle of spirit gifts both given and received.
Art displayed at Judith's Table is by women artists who have kindly given their permission for their work to be published here.
www.judithstable.org /about.html   (615 words)

  
 Judith
Judith started at age 8 with a skirt of her own.
Judith taught general home economics including sewing, nutrition, cooking, common sense consumerism, and home management at the North Idaho College for 6 years.
During this time she also was active in AAUW (American Association of University Women) holding various elected offices and traveling as a Speaker to California, Idaho, Wyoming, and Washington D.C. She worked as an Office Manager for a Dentist’s office for about 4 years where she handled the appointments, records, and bookkeeping.
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 USCCB - NAB - Judith - Introduction
The Book of Judith is a tract for difficult times; the reader, it was hoped, would take to heart the lesson that God was still the Master of history, who could save Israel from her enemies.
Having fasted and prayed, Judith dresses in her finest garments and proceeds to the Assyrian camp, where she succeeds in killing Holofernes while he lies in a drunken stupor.
The beautiful hymn of the people honoring Judith (Judith 15:9-10) is often applied to Mary in the liturgy.
www.usccb.org /nab/bible/judith/intro.htm   (631 words)

  
 JUDITH MILLER.ORG :
Judith Miller is a former reporter for The New York Times and author of four books on the Middle East, biological weapons and the Holocaust.
Judith Miller on August 5, 2006, outside of the Federal Correctional Center in Dublin, California, in support of freelance journalist, Josh Wolf.
During the protest by so-called anarchists, one policeman was injured and a firecracker was thrown at a police car in an alleged attempt to set it on fire.
judithmiller.org /news   (907 words)

  
 Simon & Schuster: Judith McNaught   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
Judith McNaught is the New York Times bestselling author who first soared to stardom with her stunning bestseller Whitney, My Love, and went on to win the hearts of millions of readers with Once and
Judith McNaught's last enchanting bestseller, Until You, was hailed as "brilliantly done and completely entertaining...
By Judith McNaught and Jude Deveraux and Andrea Kane and Judith O'Brien and Kimberly Cates
www.simonsays.com /subs/index.cfm?areaid=193   (539 words)

  
 www.theory.org.uk Resources: Judith Butler
Her subsequent publications (see bibliography at the bottom of this page) are covered here less.
Judith Butler (1956-) is Professor of Comparative Literature and Rhetoric at the University of California, Berkeley, and is well known as a theorist of power, gender, sexuality and identity.
Essay on Judith Butler by Sally Young, a first-year undergraduate (written for the elective COMM1510).
www.theory.org.uk /ctr-butl.htm   (1031 words)

  
 Judith, a type of Christ and His Church, 7 similarities
- The words of Ozias to Judith in 13:23 are similar to those of angel Gabriel in his salutation to Mary in Lk.1:28, Blessed are thou among all women upon the earth...
And, indeed, Judith is a type of Virgin Mary, who, like Judith, will be greatly used by God to defeat the Antichrist in our lives and at the end of times.
For thy power, O Lord, is not in a multitude, nor is thy pleasure in the strength of horses, nor from the beginning have the proud been acceptable to thee: but the prayer of the humble and the meek hath always pleased thee.
biblia.com /jesusbible/judith1b.htm   (640 words)

  
 About Judith
Judith Lamb-Lion was born May 4,1940 in Salt Lake City, Utah.
She is a graduate of the University of Utah with a degree in history, and minors in philosophy and anthropology.
Judith is a Master of Surat Shabd Yoga, also known as the Path or Science to Duality's Resolution.
www.lamblion.org /judith.html   (582 words)

  
 Judith Slaying Holofernes
Judith was a Jewish widow of noble rank in Bethulia, a town besieged by the army of the Assyrian general Holofernes.
Judith decapitated Holofernes with his sword and smuggled his head back to Bethulia.
The story is an allegory picturing Judith as Judaism in triumph over its pagan enemy.
www.artemisia-gentileschi.com /judith1.html   (435 words)

  
 Judith Miller (journalist) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Some have speculated that Judith Miller may have already known about Valerie Plame before speaking with Libby on July 8, 2003—and thus instead of protecting Libby she was protecting herself or others.
Judith Miller, How Gadhafi Lost His Groove, Wall Street Journal, May 16, 2006 (first day of a two-day essay investigating the U.S. foreign policy towards Libya over several administrations and resulting in Libya's abandonment of a nuclear arms program and support for terrorism).
Judith Miller, Gadhafi's Leap of Faith, Wall Street Journal, May 17, 2006 (second day of a two-day essay investigating the U.S. foreign policy towards Libya over several administrations and resulting in Libya's abandonment of a nuclear arms program and support for terrorism).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Judith_Miller_(journalist)   (3346 words)

  
 The State Hermitage Museum: Collection Highlights
When the Assyrian army laid siege to her native town of Bethulia, Judith set out to save both the city and its people.
She penetrated the camp of Holofernes, commander of the enemy army, fascinated him with her beauty and intelligence, and when left alone with him after a banquet, beheaded the sleepy general with his own sword.
The serenity of both the heroine and the landscape behind her do not seem to be in keeping with the dramatic events set out in the Bible, and only her traditional attributes confirm Judith as the subject of the painting.
www.hermitagemuseum.org /html_En/03/hm3_3_1c.html   (154 words)

  
 Judith
Judith ist voll verschiedener Geschichtlicher Ereignisse von wenigstens 500 Jahren wirklicher Geschichte der vorhergehenden Zeit entnommen...".
Judiths Simeonitische Genealogie (Judith 8:1) geht 16 Generationen bis in die Zeit Moses, zurück.
Judith antwortete ihm und sprach: Du wolltest deine Magd gnädig anhören.
www.specialtyinterests.net /judith_german.html   (4006 words)

  
 The :: New :: Misrule Blog
I'm well aware that it can be counter-productive, and that the children's lit community is too often characterised as being a pack of whingers, and it does us no good.
I often mention on this blog the child_lit listserve, an email group dedicated to discussion of children's literature, but I realise I rarely mention another group I belong to; adbooks, a Yahoo group dedicated to discussion of YA literature.
Judith, as a Canadian child of English parents I also read Blyton by the truckload and I loved every one.
www.misrule.com.au /serendipity   (5074 words)

  
 Judith
(Approximately 850 lines are missing from the beginning of this poem based on the Book of Judith, one of the Apocrypha.
She tells them she has a plan and that they should wait for her return.
She explains she is doing this because it is God's will to punish His people and, blinded by her beauty, Holofernes believes her.
www.dnaco.net /~sirbill/Judith.htm   (1798 words)

  
 Judith Arnold
“Reading a Judith Arnold book is like eating chocolate
I’ve heard from a number of readers demanding to know when my next Bloom family book will be coming out.
Do they let go of the past or keep searching for answers to questions that may no longer matter?
www.juditharnold.com   (1185 words)

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