Biography Category
(j ´n s) (KEY) , Greek form of Hebrew Jonah. St. Peter’s father is called Jonas and Jona (KJV) and John (RSV)....
(j s ´ ) (KEY) or Josias (j s ´ s) (KEY) , in the Bible. 1 King of Judah, son and successor of Amon. The great event of his reign came in its 18th ...
(Bobby Jones), 1902–71, American golfer, b. Atlanta, Ga. A lawyer, he became a golf devotee. Jones won the National Open (1923, 1926, 1929–30), th...
(j k´m m) (KEY) , in the Bible. 1 Unidentified Levitical town of Ephraim, in central ancient Palestine. An alternate form is Kibzaim. 2 Town, in Sol...
d. c.A.D. 28–A.D. 30, Jewish prophet, considered by Christians to be the forerunner of Jesus. He was the son of Zacharias and Elizabeth, who was als...
(bä´r n m k´l sh y ´sh k ) (KEY) , 1794–1865, Hungarian novelist and patriot. The originator of the Hungarian historical novel, he was often sup...