Eliachim or Joachim the High Priest (traditionally)

Biblical historical fiction! Judith chops off a man’s head, saving Israel, and possesses all the virtues. Factual events are thin on the ground. It’s a romp and God gets a new (?) epithet, the “breaker of battle-lines.” I also liked that the Jews took in Achior, who was kind of their enemy, just on the grounds that he was like “watch out for these guys, they’ll outfox ya.” He had respect.