Judith
Smith’s Bible Dictionary (1863)
(Jewess, or praised).
• The daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and wife of Esau. (Genesis 26:34) (B.C. 1797.)
• The heroine of the apocryphal book which bears her name, who appears as an ideal type of piety, Judith 8:6, beauty, ch. 11:21, courage and chastity. ch. 16:22 ff.
Smith’s Bible Dictionary (1863)
one of the books of the Apocrypha, belongs to the earliest specimens of historical fiction. As to its authorship it belongs to the Maccabean period, B.C. 175-135, which it reflects not only in its general spirit, but even in its smaller traits.
Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)
Jewess, the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and one of Esau’s wives (Gen. 26:34), elsewhere called Aholibamah (36:2-14).
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