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

• Judas (manga) a manga by Suu Minazuki
• The Gospel of Judas, ancient Gnostic Gospel
• Judas goat, a goat trained to lead livestock to a slaughterhouse
• A traitor, after Judas Iscariot
• A peephole in a doorway, usually with a movable cover
• A character in the TurboGrafx-16 game Dungeon Explorer
• A character in Tales of Destiny 2, who betrayed the team in the previous game

See also

• Judah (disambiguation)