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Holofernes , in the Bible, invading general killed by Judith to save her city, Bethulia.

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Holofernes in the Apocrypha, the Assyrian general of Nebuchadnezzar's forces, who was killed by Judith.

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Holofernes,
1. Nebuchadnezzar's general, who was decapitated by Judith (Judith 4), a subject often treated by Renaissance painters;

2. the great doctor in theology (Tubal Holofernes) who instructed the youthful Gargantua (Rabelais, i. xiv);

3. the pedantic schoolmaster in Love's Labour's Lost.

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	'Da befiel sie Furcht und Angst ...': Judith im Drama des 19. Jahrhunderts.('Judith und Holofernes': Ein Drama in funf Akten (1818))(Tragische Helden mit verletzten Seelen: Mannerbilder in den Dramen Friedrich Hebbels)(Book review) Magazine article from: The Modern Language Review; 4/1/2007
	The Death Of Holofernes.(Poem) Magazine article from: National Review; 4/16/2007
	Judith the heroine? Lies, seduction, and murder in cultural perspective.(Critical essay) Magazine article from: Biblical Theology Bulletin; 6/22/2006

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