Judith (disambiguation)

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Judith may refer to:

In names:

• The female firstname Judith (name), from Hebrew (יְהוּדִית "Praised" or "Jewess"), the feminine form of Judah.

In people:

• Judith (Genesis), a character in the Book of Genesis
• Judith, daughter of Welf, a Frankish queen
• Judith of Friuli, daughter of Evrard of Friuli.
• Judith of Flanders, Princes of the Carolingian Franks, Queen of Wessex, Countess of Flanders
• Judith of Schweinfurt (in Czech: Jitka ze Svinibrodu), wife of Bretislaus I of Bohemia
• Gudit, a 10th century queen who sacked Axum, now in Ethiopia; also known as Judith or Yudit
• Judith Mossman, A Character in Half-Life 2

In literature:

• The Book of Judith, a deuterocanonical book of the Old Testament
• Judith (homily), an Old English homily by Aelfric of Eynsham
• Judith (poem), an Old English poem about the heroine of the Book of Judith
• "Judith", a poem by Patti Smith from her 1972 book Seventh Heaven
• Judith (novel), a novel by Irish author Brian Cleeve set in late 18th-century England
• Judith (Van Herk novel), a 1978 novel by Aritha van Herk
• Judith (Mosley novel), a 1986 novel by Nicholas Mosley

In theater:

• Judith (play), an 1841 tragedy by Friedrich Hebbel about the Biblical heroine
• Judith (oratorio), an oratorio by Hubert Parry

In art:

• Judith (Giorgione), a painting

In television:

• Judith (film), a 1966 film set in Palestine shortly before the end of the British mandate

In music:

• "Judith (song)," a song by A Perfect Circle from their 2000 album Mer de Noms
• Judith (album), a record album released by singer Judy Collins

In astronomy:

• 664 Judith, a minor planet orbiting the Sun

[edit] See also

• Judy (disambiguation)