Joseph
Joseph names 5 different subjects across the 6 encyclopedias on this shelf. Each is set out below.
Joseph KING OF NAPLES
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
KING OF NAPLES. See BONAPARTE. JOSEPH I., Emperor of Germany, the of Leopold son I.; born in 26, 1678. He succeeded his father in Vienna, July 1705. He was engaged nearly the whole of his reign in hostilities; and with England and Holland continued the war against France, to seat the Archduke Charles on the throne of Spain. The splendid victories gained by the allies under Marlborough in the Low Countries, and Prince Eugene on the Rhine, made the reign of Joseph remarkably brilliant . His arms were equally triumphant in Italy and Hungary; in the latter kingdom he drove the revolted Rackoczy from the country, and forced him to seek safety in France; while in the Italian peninsula his conquest was most complete; all the great cities from Mantua to Genoa were laid under heavy contributions. He died April 17, 1711. JOSEPH II., Emperor of Germany; son of the Emperor Francis I., and Maria Theresa; born in He was crowned King of the Romans in Vienna, Mar. 13, 1741. 1764; the year following he succeeded his father; and in 1780, 780, by the death of the empress-queen, he succeeded to the crown of Hungary and Bohemia. In 1788, a declaration of war was published against the Turks, and the same year the emperor, in person, reduced Schabatz; but this was followed by a defeat of Prince Lichtenstein, who fell in the action. Soon after this a bloody battle fought between the Imperialists and was Turks, on the heights of Rohadin, in which neither could claim the victory. Joseph next made an attempt to possess himself of Belgrade, but without success. But Marshal Laudon taking on himself the command of the army, took Dubicza and Novi, and, in 1789, reduced Belgrade, soon after which a peace was concluded, chiefly in consequence of the agitation caused in Europe by the French revolution. He died in Vienna, Feb. 20, 1790, King me 176 of this 796, self Italian aft Great to Bid of
Joseph the son of Jacob and Rachel
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
the son of Jacob and Rachel; born in Mesopotamia (Gen. xxx: 22-24). The history of Joseph is one of the most pleasing and instructive in the Bible; and is too beautiful for abridgment, and too familiar to need rehearsal. Joseph died, aged 110, 1637 b. c.; A Mohammedan wely or tomb covers the spot regarded generally, and it may be correctly, as the place of his burial. It is a low stone enclosure, and stands in quiet seclusion among high trees, at the W. entrance of the valley of Shechem, at the right of the traveler's path, and nearer Mount Ebal than Mount Gerizim. JOSEPH II.
Joseph the husband of Mary
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
the husband of Mary, Christ's mother. His genealogy is traced in Matt. i: 1-15, to David, Judah, and Abraham. His residence was at Nazareth in Galilee, where he followed the occupation of a carpenter, to which Christ was also trained (Mark vi: 3).
Joseph called BARSABAS and named JUSTUS
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
called BARSABAS and named JUSTUS, one of the two persons surchosen as worthy to fill the vacant place of Judas among the Twelve Apostles (Acts 1:23).
Joseph or JOSEE. See BARNABAS
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
or JOSEE. See BARNABAS, ST.
What Has Changed in the Last Century
Collier's confidence in 1921 that Joseph son of Jacob "died, aged 110, 1637 b. c." reflected the biblical chronology of its day; no modern scholar would put a date on him, and many treat the Joseph narrative as a literary composition of the first millennium BC rather than a datable biography. The "Mohammedan wely" the entry describes in the vale of Shechem is now Joseph's Tomb in Nablus on the occupied West Bank, one of the most contested holy sites anywhere: it was gutted by a crowd in October 2000 at the start of the Second Intifada and later rebuilt, and Jewish visits are made under military escort. On Joseph II, the emphasis has moved sharply away from Collier's catalogue of sieges and battles toward "Josephinism" — his 1781 Edict of Toleration, the abolition of serfdom, and the monastic dissolutions — reforms so resisted that he withdrew many of them before his death in 1790. The accounts of Joseph the carpenter and of Joseph Barsabas still read as they did, being little more than what the New Testament itself supplies.
Written for this edition, 2026.