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Biography
Judas (Greek: ???da? ) is the anglicized Greek rendering of the Hebrew name Yehudah (Hebrew: ???????? ), also rendered in English as Judah.
People
Judah (Bible)|Judah (Biblical figure) , a son of the patriarch Jacob and, according to the Bible, ancestor of the Davidic royal line of ancient Israel.
By Hellenitic times Judah (Heb. Yehudah) had become a common first name among Jews (whose collective name - "Yehudim" ?????? in Hebrew - is also derived from the same source) and, in the English form Judah, has remained so up to the present. Specifically, it was a common first name in the first century AD Jewish society inside which Christianity came into being.
A name in the New Testament referring to one or more individuals, some of whom may be the same:
* Judas Iscariot , the apostle 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
* Jude, brother of Jesus , 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.
* Judas of Galilee , also Judas of Gamala, Jewish revolt leader
* Judas, in whose house on the Street called Straight in Damascus Saul of Tarsus regained his sight
Judas Cyriacus , man said to have assisted Helena of Constantinople find the True Cross
Judas Maccabeus , a founder of the Hasmonean dynasty
Ricky Banderas|Judas Mesias , a ringname of professional wrestler Ricky Benderas (born Gilbert Cosme), used while competing in Total Nonstop Action wrestling
Judah P. Benjamin - American Jewish politician, holder of Cabinet posts in the Confederate States of America
Arts
Judas (ballad) from the 13th century
Júdás , a 1918 Hungarian film
Judas (film)| Judas (film) , a 2004 film
Judas Priest , an English heavy metal band from Birmingham
