apocrypha
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- judith - Jewish heroine in one of the books of the Apocrypha; she saved her people by decapitating the Assyrian general Holofernes
- holofernes - (Apocrypha) the Assyrian general who was decapitated by the biblical heroine Judith
is a type of: religious text, religious writing, sacred text, sacred writing - writing that is venerated for the worship of a deityhas:- additions to esther - an Apocryphal book consisting of text added to the Book of Esther
- prayer of azariah and song of the three children - an Apocryphal book consisting of text added to the Book of Daniel
- book of susanna, susanna - an Apocryphal book consisting of text added to the Book of Daniel
- bel and the dragon - an Apocryphal book consisting of text added to the Book of Daniel
- baruch, book of baruch - an Apocryphal book ascribed to Baruch
- epistle of jeremiah, letter of jeremiah - an Apocryphal book consisting of a letter ascribed to Jeremiah to the Jews in exile in Babylon warning them against idolatry
- book of tobit, tobit - an Apocryphal book that was a popular novel for several centuries
- book of judith, judith - an Apocryphal book telling how Judith saved her people
- 1 esdras, i esdra - an Apocryphal book consisting of a compilation from I Chronicles and II Chronicles and Ezra and Nehemiah
- 2 esdras, ii esdras - an Apocryphal book of angelic revelations
- ben sira, ecclesiasticus, sirach, wisdom of jesus the son of sirach - an Apocryphal book mainly of maxims (resembling Proverbs in that respect)
- wisdom, wisdom of solomon - an Apocryphal book consisting mainly of a meditation on wisdom; although ascribed to Solomon it was probably written in the first century BC
- 1 maccabees, i maccabees - an Apocryphal book describing the life of Judas Maccabaeus
- 2 maccabees, ii maccabees - an Apocryphal book describing the life of Judas Maccabaeus
is a part of: old testament - the collection of books comprising the sacred scripture of the Hebrews and recording their history as the chosen people; the first half of the Christian Bible
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