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Judith (Volume 16)
2023 Catholic Media Association First Place Award, Scripture – Academic Studies
The striking scene of Judith cutting off Holofernes’s head with his own sword in his own bed has inspired the imaginations of readers for millennia. But there is more to her story than just this climactic act and more to her character than just beauty and violence. This volume offers a comprehensive examination of gender ideologies in the book of Judith, from the hyper-masculine machinations of war and empire to the dynamics of class in Judith’s relationship with her enslaved handmaid. Overall, this commentary investigates the book of Judith through a feminist lens, informed by critical masculinity studies, queer theory, and reception criticism.
The striking scene of Judith cutting off Holofernes’s head with his own sword in his own bed has inspired the imaginations of readers for millennia. But there is more to her story than just this climactic act and more to her character than just beauty and violence. This volume offers a comprehensive examination of gender ideologies in the book of Judith, from the hyper-masculine machinations of war and empire to the dynamics of class in Judith’s relationship with her enslaved handmaid. Overall, this commentary investigates the book of Judith through a feminist lens, informed by critical masculinity studies, queer theory, and reception criticism.
272 pages, Hardcover
Published November 20, 2022
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About the author
Jennifer L. Koosed
11 books1 followerChair and Associate Professor
of Religious Studies at Albright College in Reading,
Pennsylvania. She is the author of (Per)mutations of
Qohelet: Reading the Body in the Book (Continuum,
2006) and Gleaning Ruth: A Biblical Heroine and Her
Afterlives (University of South Carolina, 2011).
of Religious Studies at Albright College in Reading,
Pennsylvania. She is the author of (Per)mutations of
Qohelet: Reading the Body in the Book (Continuum,
2006) and Gleaning Ruth: A Biblical Heroine and Her
Afterlives (University of South Carolina, 2011).
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