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Judas (Greek: ???da?) is the anglicized Greek rendering of the Hebrew name Yehudah (Hebrew: ????????), also rendered in English as Judah.
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" ?????? in Hebrew - is also derived from the same source) and has remained so up to the present.
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Judas (Greek: ???da?) is the anglicized Greek rendering of the Hebrew name Yehudah (Hebrew: ????????), also rendered in English as Judah.
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" ?????? 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 Christianity 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:
- 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
Music
- The Judas Kiss a song by Metallica on their 2008 album, Death Magnetic.
- The Judas Cradle - song by John 5 on the 2008 solo album Requiem.
- Judas (ballad), an early English ballad
- Judas Iscariot (band), a black metal band from the United States
- 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 the 2008 album, The Mirror.
- Judas, a song by Yngwie Malmsteen
- Judas (Kelly Clarkson song), a song by Kelly Clarkson
- Judas, a song by The Charlatans (UK band)
- Judas at the Opera, a song by Edguy
- Judas Be My Guide, a song by the band Iron Maiden
- The Kiss Of Judas, a song by the band Stratovarius
- "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
- Stand Up For Judas a song by Leon Rosselson
TV
Other
- A traitor, after Judas Iscariot.
- , a peephole in a doorway, usually with a movable cover, written without initial capital.
- Judas, a character in the TurboGrafx-16 game Dungeon Explorer.
- 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 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
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