Judas

Judas (Greek: Ιούδας) is the anglicized Greek rendering of the Hebrew name Yehudah (Hebrew: יְהוּדָה), also rendered in English as Judah.

• Judah (Biblical figure), a son of the patriarch Jacob and ancestor of the royal line of biblical Israel.

All subsequent holders of the name are directly or indrectly named for the Biblical one. While there few others of this name mentioned in later parts of the Hebrew Bible, by Hellenitic times it has become a common first name among Jews (whose collective name - "Yehudim" יהודים in Hebrew - is also derived from the same source) and has remained so up to the present. Specifically, it was a common first name in the First Century A.D. Jewish society inside which Christinity came into being.

Judas may refer to:

• A name in the New Testament referring to one or more significant individuals, some of whom may be the same:
  • Judas Iscariot, the disciple of Jesus Christ who betrayed him
  • Judas Thomas Didymus, commonly referred to as Saint Thomas and Doubting Thomas
  • Judas Thaddaeus, son of James, one of the twelve apostles
  • Saint Jude, a brother, stepbrother, or half-brother, to Jesus
  • Judas the Zealot, whose identity is not completely clear, probably either of:
    • Saint Jude, who some traditions think is Judas Thomas Didymus
    • Simon the Zealot, the apostle named Simon that was not Simon Peter
  • Judas Barsabbas, an emissary of the Church of Jerusalem to the Church at Antioch.
• the Gospel of Judas, a recently discovered ancient Gnostic Gospel
• Judas Maccabeus, Jewish revolt leader
• Judas of Galilee, also Judas of Gamala, Jewish revolt leader
• Judas Cyriacus, man said to have assisted Helena of Constantinople find the True Cross
• Judah P. Benjamin - American Jewish politician, holder of Cabinet posts in the Confederate States of America
• A derogatory term for a traitor.

[edit] Music

• Judas (ballad), an early English ballad
• Judas Iscariot (band)
• Judas Priest, a heavy metal band
• Judas (song), a song by the band Helloween
• Judas, a song by Depeche Mode
• Judas, a song by rapper Ja Rule from upcoming 2008 album, The Mirror.
• Judas, a song by Kelly Clarkson
• Judas, a song by The Charlatans
• Judas at the Opera, a song by Edguy
• Judas Be My Guide, a song by the band Iron Maiden
• "Judas," a nickname given to Bob Dylan in reference to his supposed "sell out" by using electric instruments.
• Judas!— a fanzine devoted to the work of Bob Dylan, edited by Andrew Muir, published in U.K. 2002 - 2006
• The Gospel of Judas A band from White Pigeon MI www.myspace.com/tgoj666

[edit] TV

• Arnold Judas Rimmer, character in the television series Red Dwarf
• Finding Judas, an episode of the television series House

[edit] Other

• Judas goat, a goat trained to lead livestock to a slaughterhouse.
• Judas (manga) a manga by Suu Minazuki
• A character in Tales of Destiny 2, who betrayed the team in the previous game
• The true name of 'Lucius Villia Annalius', the antagonist in the Bootstrap Comics title Dr. Aeturnalis: Protector of Man
• Judas Mesias, a ringname of Ricky Bendera (born Gilbert Cosme) and professional wrestler currently working for the Total Non-Stop Action wrestling.

[edit] See Also

• Judah/Yehuda

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