Judith

Type: Book

Judith

As of November 2026, Judith has been mentioned in 4 episodes across 1 podcast, first heard Oct 2025 on The Bible in a Year. Part of the daily reading in the Bible in a Year podcast, specifically chapters 3, 4, and 5.

The Book of Judith is a deuterocanonical book included in the Septuagint and the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, and Church of the East Old Testament of the Bible but excluded from the Hebrew canon and assigned by Protestants to the apocrypha. It tells of a Jewish widow, Judith, who uses her beauty and charm to kill an Assyrian general who has besieged her city, Bethulia. With this act, she saves nearby Jerusalem from total destruction. The name Judith, meaning "praised" or "Jewes

Judith at a glance
Mentioned in4 episodes on 1 podcast (as of November 2026)
First heardOct 2025 on The Bible in a Year
Published2nd century BCE
PublisherAkal
SubjectsReligious text, Fiction, Plague
ISBN0195288802
GenreReligious text, Fiction, Plague

What do podcasts say about Judith?

4 quotes from Father Mike Schmidz and Unknown, recorded on The Bible in a Year.

Who talks about Judith on podcasts?

Father Mike Schmidz and Unknown brought up Judith; the most recent mention was Oct 2025 on The Bible in a Year.