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Definition:
The book of Judith is about a widow, Judith, who captivates the Assyrian general
Holofernes with her great beauty. But, because he has been besieging her town
Bethulia of Samaria, she then proceeds to decapitate him.
The story is structured as if it were historical, but it contains too many errors in history and geography for that to be true. The errors start right at the beginning, in 1:1, where Nebuchadrezzar (605-562) is described as a king of the Assyrians with a capital at Nineveh. In the second chapter, Holofernes' army is depicted as traveling 800 km in just three days.
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