Judas
Judas (Greek: Ιούδας) is the anglicized Greek rendering of the Hebrew name Yehudah (Hebrew: יְהוּדָה), also rendered in English as Judah.
People
- 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" יהודים 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
- 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), a 2004 film
- Judas Priest, an English heavy metal band from Birmingham
- "Judas", a 1986 single by Helloween
- "Judas", a 1993 song by Depeche Mode from their eighth album, Songs of Faith and Devotion
- "Judas", a 2007 song by Kelly Clarkson from her third album, My December
- "Judas", a 2008 song by Cage the Elephant from their debut self titled album
- "Judas", a 2008 song by The Verve from their fourth album, Forth
- "Judas Kiss", a 2008 song by Metallica from their album Death Magnetic
- "Judas" (song), a 2011 single by Lady Gaga from her second album, Born This Way
Other
See also