Judith
Type: Person
As of November 2026, Judith has been mentioned in one podcast episode on The Bible in a Year (Oct 2025). Her story frames the episode’s Judith readings; the host explicitly foreshadows her introduction as the key figure in the coming narrative.
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. It is 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 "Je
| Mentioned in | 1 episode on 1 podcast (as of November 2026) |
|---|---|
| First heard | Oct 2025 on The Bible in a Year |
| Role | Biblical heroine (widow in the deuterocanonical Book of Judith) |
| Affiliation | Israel (biblical narrative context) |
Who talks about Judith on podcasts?
Father Mike Schmidz brought up Judith; the most recent mention was Oct 2025 on The Bible in a Year.
- Day 248 Obedience, Testing, and Trust – The Bible in a Year (Day 247) on The Bible in a Year (Oct 2025) — Father Mike Schmidz