Who is the woman called judith in the bible
The Book of Judith - Uncovering the Deuterocanonical Books
throughout all of ancient history God
has not left himself without witness
from the profanity of Noah's time to the
slaughter of Isaac and to the exodus of
the Israelites the Lord has worked
wonders among his people like Daniel and
the three youth leaders rose up from
among the Israelites in times of peace
and in times of captivity to lead the
people in the righteousness of the way
the truth and the life
the heroes of the Bible are great in
number but we must not forget those of
the second cannon
Judith Tobit Esther Solon the wise Judah
Maccabee and many others who sought to
emulate Christ through their faith in
his promise
why were these books hidden and why have
they been deemed apocryphal first
question by the Jews in 100 AD these
books were officially removed from the
Hebrew Bible the Catholic and Eastern
Orthodox churches then reaffirmed the
acceptance of these books as
deuterocanonical meaning of the second
cap now thus delve into an ancient
biblical mystery of modern day feminism
the book of Judith was removed from the
Hebrew Bible primarily for the strength
of the female presence a contradiction
of traditional Hebrew customs
although we do not know to whom
authorship of this book is granted to we
are knowledgeable of the time and place
that his events occurred this story
ensues during the reign of
Nebuchadnezzar and the Assyrian
domination of the Near East
however the ideas and language of this
book lead scholars to believe that these
events happened sometime during the
second century BC
before we can begin to understand the
book of Judith you must first learn
about the heroine who saved the people
of Israel Judith's husband Vanessa died
of heatstroke at the time of the barley
harvest giving Judith a young widow for
three years and four months
Judith warned in her widowhood residing
in a tent on the roof of her house
dressing in sackcloth and fasting every
day save for select feast days
judith has publicly described was
beautiful and stature and very lovely to
look at as scripture tells us the story
of Judith occurs during the 12th year of
the reign of Nebuchadnezzar during this
time Nebuchadnezzar was waging war
against King Arphaxad
of the Great Plains in the region of rag
WA 5 years later
Nebuchadnezzar and his army were able to
march against rfx and gain victory one
year after the defeat of King Ark back
sad Nebuchadnezzar expressed his desire
to conquer all of the surrounding lands
however he understood that this was no
simple feat for one man and so desperate
to expand his territorial conquest
Nebuchadnezzar calls upon Holofernes the
chief captain of his army to execute
this mission he instructs hope fairness
to gather 120,000 soldiers and 12,000
cavalry to conquer lands to the west
thus making Israel once again it target
for the Assyrian army
as Hall of fairness advanced in his
conquest of the western lands words of
horror and obliteration came to the
Israelites the Hebrew people became
terrified at the possible devastation
coming their way but the greater fear
was for the temple of God
their sole connection to the deity of
old
in order to fend off the attack the
Israel's plan to work in unity with
other nearby tribes who were separated
by natural barriers such as mountain
passes in order that they may protect
one another
besides logistical planning for war the
Hebrews fought the spiritual war as well
they dressed in sackcloth put ashes on
their heads and cried to God for mercy
and divine protection when hollow
fairness heard of Israel's prepared
offenses he became immensely outraged
and advanced to the Israelites with fury
and thoughts of annihilation as the
Assyrians proceeded to attack the
Hebrews epithelia the people of Israel
began to have thoughts of surrender
when Judith heard of her people's
desperation she zealously rebuked the
elders for their lack of trust in God in
this encounter with the elders of
Bethulia Judith notified them of her
plan to gain victory for the Lord's
people but she was extremely discreet
and did not disclose any details
concerning her plan
prior to the execution of her plan Judit
spends a great deal of time praying to
God pleading with him to aid her in the
defeat of Paulo fairness she also
requests in the Lord that his power and
might be made known throughout all the
earth
once judith has completed her prayer she
and her maid begin to prepare for the
journey judith removes the garments of
her widowhood and begins to adorn
herself so that she appears beautiful
with her judith brings a flask of wine a
crucible grain some dried fruit and a
loaf of bread wholly prepared to execute
her plan Judith and her maid leave
Bethulia and head to the Assyrian camp
when Judith arrives at the Assyrian camp
she identifies herself as a daughter of
the Hebrews who has fled from the
company of the Israelites because the
Assyrians will soon defeat them
the Assyrian men become captivated by
her beauty and listen to every word she
tells them they lead her to Halle
furnaces tempt at once and word quickly
spreads of Drude of Judith's arrival
when Judith meets with Hall of fairness
he is astounded by her beautiful
appearance and assures her that she'll
be safe in the Assyrian camp but he also
inquires of her the cause of her coming
Judith convinces Hall of fairness the
Israel is being punished for a
particular sin and when the messengers
returned from Jerusalem with a mandate
the Assyrians will gain victory over the
Israelites in response
Holofernes vows that when these things
come to pass he'll accept Judith Scott
as his own God within four days of
Judith's arrival to the Assyrian camp
while of fairness hosts a feast and
invites Judith to dine with him but she
does not eat of the food presented to
her rather she is nourished by the
provisions that she has brought from
Bethulia Halle fairness becomes
exceedingly delighted at Judith's
presence a drinks excessive amounts of
wine to unconscious drunkenness
at the completion of the banquet
everyone but Judith leaves Halle
furnaces tent she stands above Hall of
fairness with his very own sword and
taking hold of his hair Jude says Oh
Lord God of Israel at this moment
strengthen me and two strikes of the
sword Judith has beheaded Halle fairness
she then rips a piece of the canopy
which Holofernes have laid on and gives
both the head and the cloth to her maid
who was waiting outside the tent but
their mission being completed Judith and
her maid return to Bethulia with shots
of Thanksgiving to the Lord
critics of the book of Judith say that
she seduced Hulk fairness prior to come
however all biblical evidence states
that full of fairness was unconscious at
the time when Judith beheading him
meaning it is utterly impossible that
she seduced him in addition when Judith
is telling the Israelites about her
mission in the Assyrian camp she says a
pull of fairness that he committed no
sin towards her neither to defile her
nor shame
when Judith returns to the fovea she is
received with shouts of joy in the city
and when our key you are one of the
thuvia's elders hears of her return
he immediately faints bowing at Judith's
feet and giving her a great renown a
daybreak the next morning the people of
Bethulia hang the head of Holofernes on
the wall of the city and march out
against the Assyrians
when the Assyrians seed the Israelites
they go to wake Holofernes little did
they know that their chief captain had
been decapitated just the night before
when the army finds hollow fairness
without his head fear and trembling
overtake them and they flee in every
direction from the army of the
Israelites
after their victory over the Assyrians
Judith begins to sing a song of
Thanksgiving before all of Israel she
calls all to praise the Lord for the
miraculous work he has performed Judith
then warns all the enemies of Israel to
be aware of the punishment that will
befall them if anyone dare rise up
against his chosen people
we the work of the Lord be forever
multiplied and may he be honored and
glorified throughout all the earth from
now and unto the ages of Ages
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