A final word on Judith

By |2014-12-28T09:20:39-07:00December 28th, 2014|Book Reviews, Thoughts|

                                                Celebrating Judith’s success   After beheading Holofernes, Judith and her servant return to Bethulia carrying Holofernes’ head in a bag. Achior is summoned to identify the dead general to assure the Bethulians that Holofernes is dead, but when he sees Holofernes’ head, he is overcome and unlike fearless Judith, he faints.[1] He revives, [...]