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urn:uuid:b9e742f1-3db2-4149-b55d-171d48f859d6 03 01 01 urn:uuid:b9e742f1-3db2-4149-b55d-171d48f859d6 15 9781906924171 06 10.11647/OBP.0009 00 EB E107 10 Creative Commons License 02 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/ 01 01 The Sword of Judith Judith Studies Across the Disciplines 1 B01 21 0000-0002-4734-0059 Kevin R. Brine 2 B01 Elena Ciletti 3 B01 21 0000-0002-1994-5157 Henrike Lähnemann 01 eng 00 534 03 B2 Archaeology and Religion 20 Book of Judith 04 BS1735.55 12 HRCG 10 REL006740 12 HBTB 20 Holofernes 10 MUS048000 B2 Visual Arts 10 ART015000 B2 Theatre 20 the Bible 20 art history B2 Women and Gender Studies B2 Literature 20 women's studies 20 gender studies B2 Literature: Comparative Literature 20 Christianity 20 Judaism 20 myth 20 the Old Testament 20 biblical literature 20 bible studies 03 00 <p>The Book of Judith tells the story of a fictitious Jewish woman beheading Holofernes, the general of a powerful army, to free her people. The story has fascinated artists and authors for centuries, and is becoming a major field of research in its own right.</p><p>The Sword of Judith is the first multidisciplinary collection of essays to discuss representations of Judith throughout the centuries. Bringing together scholars from around the world, it transforms our understanding of Judith’s enduring story across a wide range of disciplines. The book includes sections on Judith in Christian, Jewish and secular textual traditions, as well as representations of Judith in art, music and theatre. The collection includes new archival source studies and the translation of unpublished manuscripts and texts previously unavailable in English.</p> 04 00 1. The Judith Project Kevin R. Brine 2. The Jewish Textual Traditions Deborah Levine Gera 3. Judith in the Christian Tradition Elena Ciletti and Henrike Lähnemann Part 1. Writing Judith 1.1 Jewish Textual Traditions 4. Holofernes's Canopy in the Septuagint Barbara Schmitz 5. Shorter Medieval Hebrew Tales of Judith Deborah Levine Gera 6. Food, Sex, and Redemption in Megillat Yehudit (the "Scroll of Judith") Susan Weingarten 7. Shalom bar Abraham's Book of Judith in Yiddish Ruth von Bernuth and Michael Terry 1.2 Christian Textual Tradition 8. Typology and Agency in Prudentius's Treatment of the Judith Story Marc Mastrangelo 9. Judith in Late Anglo-Saxon England Tracey-Anne Cooper 10. The Prayer of Judith in Two Late-Fifteenth-Century French Mystery Plays John Nassichuk 11. The Example of Judith in Early Modern French Literature Kathleen M. Llewellyn 12. The Aestheticization of Tyrannicide: Du Bartas's La Judit Robert Cummings 13. The Cunning of Judith in Late Medieval German Texts Henrike Lähnemann 14. The Role of Judith in Margaret Fell's Womens Speaking Justified Janet Bartholomew Part 2. Staging Judith 2.1 Visual Arts 15. Judith, Jael, and Humilitas in the Speculum Virginum Elizabeth Bailey 16. Judith between the Private and Public Realms in Renaissance Florence Roger J. Crum 17. Donatello's Judith as the Emblem of God's Chosen People Sarah Blake McHam 18. Costuming Judith in Italian Art of the Sixteenth Century Diane Apostolos-Cappadona 19. Judith Imagery as Catholic Orthodoxy in Counter-Reformation Italy Elena Ciletti 2.2 Music and Drama 20. Judith, Music, and Female Patrons in Early Modern Italy Kelley Harness 21. Judith in Baroque Oratorio David Marsh 22. Judith in the Italian Unification Process, 1800-1900 Paolo Bernardini 23. Marcello and Peri's Giuditta (1860) Alexandre Lhâa 24. Politics, Biblical Debates, and French Dramatic Music on Judith after 1870 Jann Pasler 25. Judith and the "Jew-Eaters" in German Volkstheater Gabrijela Mecky Zaragoza Bibliography Abbreviations Index 20 00 Open Access Open Book Publishers 01 Open Book Publishers Cambridge, UK 04 01 20100701 13 15 9781906924164 09 Open Book Publishers 29 Publisher's website: download the title https://books.openbookpublishers.com/10.11647/obp.0009.pdf 99 01 09 Open Book Publishers 02 Publisher's website: web shop https://www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.11647/obp.0009 99 01