Preparing for Military Action: Judith’s Purificatory Washing in Judith 12:7
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Abstract In the twelfth chapter of Book Judith, eponymous heroine departs from Assyrian camp in order to bathe and pray over three successive nights. Judith’s bath has been interpreted as a ritual which achieves purification. Scholars have offered various reasons for purificatory wash, but none fully account all details this episode. This paper discusses proposed solutions offers new suggestion bath; Judith bathes prepare herself assassination Holofernes.
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عنوان ژورنال: Vetus Testamentum
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['1568-5330', '0042-4935']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1163/15685330-00001143