The Book of Judith revolves around Judith, a beautiful and wise Jewish widow, living in the town of Bethulia.  The Book of Judith is part of the Apocrypha / Deuterocanonical scripture and appears in the Old Testament of Bible. The book of Judith has 16 chapters, but Judith is not mentioned in the story’s first half (1:1–7:32), its is mostly about the events taking place in Bethulia. Judith first appears in chapter 8:1. 

The Book of Judith tells the story of God’s deliverance of the Jewish people, by the hands of a woman, in their time of great need and despair. Judith is upset with her town’s countrymen because they “test” God rather than trust him and they decide to surrender to King Nebuchadnezzar’s top general, Holofernes, if God does not save them in five days. She feels like it's wrong for the countrymen to give God a deadline. She tells the countrymen that she has a plan, but must leave the city for it to be successful. Judith prays to God to make her a good liar. Judith, along with her loyal maid traveled to the camp of the enemy general, Holofernes. She lies to Holofernes telling him that she is there to provide him with help to defeat the Israelites. Gaining his trust, she is allowed access to his tent. One night as he lies in a drunken state, she beheads him, and then takes his head back to her fearful countrymen, becoming the town’s heroine. Though many court her, Judith remains unmarried for the rest of her life.