Early Church Fathers Scripture Index : Texts
Judith 12
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82. See! Judith presents herself to thee as worthy of admiration. She approaches Holophernes, a man feared by the people, and surrounded by the victorious troops of the Assyrians. At first she makes an impression on him by the grace of her form and the beauty of her countenance. Then she entraps him by the refinement of her speech. Her first triumph was that she returned from the tent of the enemy with her purity unspotted.[Judith 12:20] Her second, that she gained a victory over a man, and put to flight the people by her counsel.