Biblical story of Judith and Holofernes

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gptkbp:instanceOf Biblical event
gptkbp:culturalSignificance inspired many artworks
subject of paintings by Caravaggio, Artemisia Gentileschi, and others
gptkbp:featuresCharacter gptkb:Judith
gptkb:Holofernes
gptkbp:foundIn gptkb:Book_of_Judith
gptkbp:genre deuterocanonical literature
gptkbp:hasMoral courage and faith can overcome oppression
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Biblical story of Judith and Holofernes
gptkbp:languageOfEarliestSurvivingText gptkb:Greek
gptkbp:languageOfOrigin Hebrew (original, now lost)
gptkbp:plotSummary Judith beheads Holofernes to save her people
gptkbp:religiousSignificance excluded from Jewish and Protestant canons
included in Catholic and Orthodox biblical canons
gptkbp:setting gptkb:ancient_Israel
gptkbp:theme gptkb:faith
heroism
deliverance
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Marko_Marulić's_Judita
gptkb:Judith_with_the_Head_of_Holofernes
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6