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fl. A.D. 6, a leader of the Zealots, a radical revolutionary Jewish sect. He raised an insurrection against the taxation census of Cyrenius (A.D. 6) o...
(hwä´nä lä b lträn ´hä) (KEY) , 1462–1530, Castilian princess, daughter of Juana of Portugal, queen of Henry IV of Castile. Her paternity was...
(j ´d hä-nä´s ) (KEY) , c.135–c.220, Palestinian Jewish communal leader (tanna). He occupied the office of patriarch (nasi) which was reestabli...
(hwän mänw l´, nfän´t th käst ´l ) (KEY) , 1282–1349?, Spanish nobleman, soldier, and writer; nephew of Alfonso X (called the Wise). Juan ...
Saint Judas [Jude is an English form to distinguish him from Judas Iscariot], in the New Testament, one of the Twelve Apostles, also called Thaddaeus....
(j ´n gäd´´) (KEY) or Junagarh (–gär´´) (KEY) , former principality, Kathiawar peninsula, W India, on the Arabian Sea. The region of Junagad...