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Judith
Judith Judith embodies a deadly combination of beauty and resolve — a woman who weaponizes femininity in service of an absolutely uncompromising purpose. Characters named Judith are often presented as dangerous precisely because they are underestimated, capable of extraordinary calculated action that their opponents never see coming.
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Judith
Book of Judith — Anonymous
The Jewish widow who uses her beauty and courage to infiltrate the enemy camp of Holofernes and behead him, saving her city of Bethulia from destruction.
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