Text and interpretation : gender and violence in the Book of Judith, scholarly commentary and the visual arts from the Renaissance onward

The Book of Judith is replete with irregularities, not least of which is the character of its eponymous heroine. Judith is at once presented as a saintly, pure, wise, God-fearing and yet vampish, verbally and sexually deceptive widow - a heady mixture of qualities that have elicited more than their...

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Main Author: Efthimiadis-Keith, Helen (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Published: 2002
In: Old Testament essays
Year: 2002, Volume: 15, Issue: 1, Pages: 64-84
Online Access: Volltext (kostenfrei)