ID: 901000575 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901000575	Record Type: Character/Person

	Judith (Old Testament character)

Note: Heroine of the Book of Judith, which describes how a woman saved her people from impending massacre by her cunning and daring. The name of the heroine occurs already in Gen. 26:34 as a Gentile wife of Esau, but in the book of Judith it evidently has symbolic value. Judith is an exemplary Jewish woman. Her deed is probably invented under the influence of the account of the 12th-century-bce Kenite woman Jael (Judg. 5:24–27), who killed the Canaanite general Sisera by driving a tent peg through his head.

Names:

	Judith (Old Testament character) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
	Giuditta (Old Testament character) (Italian-P,D,N)
	Huditʻ (Old Testament character) (undetermined,U,N)
	Iudifʹ (Old Testament character) (undetermined,U,N)

Hierarchical Position:

		Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
		....<Old Testament iconography> (P)
		........<Old Testament characters> (P)
		............Judith (Old Testament character) (I)

Related Iconography:

	is actor for .... Judith and Holofernes
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Old Testament iconography, Old Testament narratives, Story of Judith (Old Testament narratives), Judith and Holofernes (Old Testament narrative)) [901001915]

	is actor for .... Story of Judith
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Old Testament iconography, Old Testament narratives, Story of Judith (Old Testament narratives)) [901001928]

	source is .... Bible, Old Testament
	..........(Literature and Performing Arts, Named written and performed works, Literary works: Philosophy, Religion, Bible (sacred literature, Judeo-Christian), Bible, Old Testament (Biblical books, sacred texts)) [901000253]

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... religious character
	.....(characters (people by activity), people by activity, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	culture/religion is .... Old Testament (culture or period)
	.....(Ancient Middle Eastern, Near Eastern (Early Western World), Early Western World, styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:

	Judith (Old Testament character)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) n 50039280
	................J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	................Catholic Encyclopedia [online], republished from 1913 edition (2003-)
	................Iconclass Illustrated Edition (2022-) in 71U the book of Judith
	Giuditta (Old Testament character)
	................ICCD database (1988-)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
	Huditʻ (Old Testament character)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
	Iudifʹ (Old Testament character)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) "Judith," accessed 1 July 2017