Biography Category
(j ´ t) (KEY) , 1787–1827, American painter, b. Mercer co., Ky., studied in Boston with Gilbert Stuart. He was the first prominent painter in the W...
(j ´d ) (KEY) . 1 In the Bible he is the fourth son of Jacob and Leah and the eponymous ancestor of one of the 12 tribes of Israel. In the Book of Ge...
(j ´n gäd´´) (KEY) or Junagarh (–gär´´) (KEY) , former principality, Kathiawar peninsula, W India, on the Arabian Sea. The region of Junagad...
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....
(hwän mänw l´, nfän´t th käst ´l ) (KEY) , 1282–1349?, Spanish nobleman, soldier, and writer; nephew of Alfonso X (called the Wise). Juan ...
(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...