Judah
Judah names 3 different subjects across the 6 encyclopedias on this shelf. Each is set out below.
Judah KINGDOM OF, a nation
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
KINGDOM OF, a nation, OF, a nation, which was formed in reality on the death on the death of Solomon and the secession of the Ten orion of the Ton Tribes forming the kingdom of Israel, dom of Farsel, composed of the two remaining tribes of ning tribes Benjamin and Judah. The kingdom of kingdom of after the Judah endured for 133 years after the destruction of its rival, and was brought was brought to a close by Nebuchadnezzar, 588 B. c., who carried the vanquished inhabitants to Babylonia and distributed them beyond the Euphrates. After their return from captivity this tribe in some sort united in itself the whole Hebrew nation, who from that time were known only as Judæi, Jews, descendants of Judah. Judah-when named in contradistinction to Israel, Ephraim, the kingdom of the Ten Tribes, or Samaria-denotes the kingdom of Judah and of David's descendants. One of the principal distinctions of this tribe is that it preserved the true religion and the public exercise of the priesthood, with the legal ceremonies in the temple at Jerusalem; while the Ten Tribes gave themselves up to idolatry.
Judah the 4th son of Jacob and and Leah
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
the 4th son of Jacob and and Leah, and the head of the tribe of that of that Judah that Jacob de name. It was to Judah that Jacob declared that the scepter should not depart ter should not depart from it till the coming of the Messiah; the Messiah; a prediction fulfilled in the advent of the advent of ed Christ.
Judah KINGDOM OF taken a strong regard for Juba
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
KINGDOM OF taken a strong regard for Juba, married him to one of Antony's daughters, Cleopatra, and restored him to his father's throne. Juba possessed great judgment and considerable learning, and left behind him "A History of Arabia," "Antiquities of Syria," and "A History of Rome," written in Greek. He died in A. D. 17.
What Has Changed in the Last Century
Collier's in 1921 dated the fall of Jerusalem to 588 B.C.; the Babylonian Chronicles, published in 1956, let historians fix Nebuchadnezzar's first capture of the city at 597 and the destruction of the temple at 587 or 586 B.C. Archaeology has also filled in what was then only a biblical outline: the Lachish letters found in 1935, hundreds of inscribed seals and jar stamps, and the Tel Dan stele of 1993 with its reference to the "house of David." Most historians now doubt the tidy picture of a great united kingdom splitting at Solomon's death, treating Judah instead as a modest hill-country state that grew powerful only after Assyria destroyed Israel in 722 B.C. The claim that Jacob's promise of the scepter was "a prediction fulfilled in the advent of Christ" is a Christian reading of Genesis 49:10 that a modern reference work would present as interpretation rather than history.
Written for this edition, 2026.