#book of judith

[thefugitivesaint]

Harry Clarke (1889-1931), 'Judith slaying Holofernes', no date Source

[skelecha1rs]

[illustratus]

Judith holding the Head of Holofernes by Jean-François Godefroy

[elliot-amy]

Paintings of Judith beheading Holofernes

[lovelyllamasblog]

Servants I Want to see in FGO

Catherine the Great (Rider/ Ruler)

Saint Olga of Kiev (Ruler/ Avenger)

Tomyris (Lancer/ Rider)

Hua Mulan (Archer/ Lancer)

George Washington (Rider)

John Henry (Lancer)

Molly Pitcher (Archer)

Harriet Tubman (Rider/ Archer)

Mary Seacole (Caster)

Harry Houdini (Caster)

Judith (Book of Judith) (Assassin)

Abhimanyu and Vrishaketu (maybe Archer for both ?)

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (Caster)

Sybil Ludington (Rider)

Deborah Sampson (Archer)

BONUS

Yudhishthira (Saber) - but as a Lily version of himself so that he can be the pampered little brother for once and not have to put up with his younger brothers’ BS. Duryodhana tries to make fun of him for it and Yudhi goes running to Karna, crying. While Karna chastises Dury for making fun of him, Yudhi evilly smirks at Dury from behind Karna, who faithfully plays into the Big Brother role. EVERYBODY is aware that Yudhi is basically playing Karna besides Karna!

Inspo links: (1) @krishna-premi (2) @fanfictionroxs

[thyateira]

Me personally, I consider being unable to attend to SBL as a personal attack

Francis Borchardt, NLA Høgskolen Off with His Head: Judith, Jael, David and the Subversion of Gender in Jewish Storytelling

Carmen Palmer, Stetson University Silent yet Central: The Place of Enslaved Women within the Household in Greek Grave Steles and the Narratives of Judith and Esther 

Herman Manoe, Emory University Two Women, Two Different Lives, Two Different Fates: Judith and Her Female Slave in the Book of Judith 8–16 

I need to hear these talkssssss T-T

[northemoonduringthenight]

Guercino (Italian, 1591-1666), Judith with the Head of Holofernes.

[beatrack92]

Judith with the Head of Holofernes

[fassophy]

Judith, the heroine of the book, introduced in chapter 8. A God-fearing woman, she is the daughter of Merari, a Simeonite, and widow of a certain Manasseh or Manasses, a wealthy farmer. She sends her maid or "waitingwoman" to Uzziah to challenge his decision to capitulate to the Assyrians if God has not rescued the people of Bethulia within five days, and she uses her charm to become an intimate friend of Holofernes, but beheads him allowing Israel to counter-attack the Assyrians. Judith's maid, not named in the story, remains with her throughout the narrative and is given her freedom as the story ends.

[dyingdreamgirl]

Judith Slaying Holofernes (c. 1612-1613) Artemisia Gentileschi

[kickair8p]

It's in the Bible! Book of Judith, Chapter 13, verses 7-9, this quote is from the King James Bible:

7) And approached to his bed, and took hold of the hair of his head, and said, Strengthen me, O Lord God of Israel, this day.

8) And she smote twice upon his neck with all her might, and she took away his head from him.

9) And tumbled his body down from the bed, and pulled down the canopy from the pillars; and anon after she went forth, and gave Holofernes his head to her maid;

[valkyries-things]

JUDITH // BIBLICAL HEROINE

“She was a woman who titled the Book of Judith, which is a part of the Bible. 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.”

left is Judith with the Head of Holofernes by Cristofano Allori, right is Judith with the Head of Holofernes by Louis Finson)

[thechekhov]

Harrow's necromantic power includes the ability to create underlighting whenever it's necessary.

Bonus:

[sofipitch]

Gideon the Ninth is technically a murder mystery whodunnit except instead of collecting clues and solving the murder everyone is just like "Hmmm Gross. Yikes.... anyways back to our little tasks"

[jesus-had-relatives]

#19 Book of Judith

Judith means ‘Jewess’ This book of the Apocrypha is about a plan executed by a woman to save her people. Plot of the story of Judith: Judith, a widow, uses her beauty and charm to get in and kill an Assyrian general in his tent. Thus, she saves Jerusalem from attack and siege by the Assyrian army.  The book is found in fragments of the Septuagint Bible which dates it to the 1st or 2nd century…

[thyateira]

I can't help but see an echo of Ruth and Naomi in Judith and her maid. Ruth following Naomi into the unknown, into danger. Naomi trusting God with the future of her people, Ruth trusting Naomi with the future of herself.

Of course, the comparison can only go so far. Judith's servant was, after all, a servant. To our knowledge, she did not have the same agency Ruth had. She does not get to speak, she never acts on her own, we don't even know her name.

Still, we don't get an indication she was unwilling. That she didn't want to do this. Judith called, and she followed. Judith walked, and she walked with her. Judith did, and she assisted.