Judith: A Chanukah Heroine?
Judith is a beautiful, clever, and righteous Jewish woman who saves her people by enticing and then beheading the enemy commander who threatens Jerusalem and its Temple. What is her connection to Chanukah?
Prof. Deborah Levine Gera
Hebrew University
Prof. Deborah Levine Gera is the Shalom Horowitz Professor of Classics at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She holds a D. Phil. from Oxford University and an M.A. from the Hebrew University. Her most recent book is Judith (Commentaries on Early Jewish Literature; Berlin: De Gruyter, 2014).
Last Updated: April 17, 2026
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