Yehuda - Definition and Overview

Judah (יְהוּדָה "Praise", Standard Hebrew Yəhuda, Tiberian Hebrew Yəhûḏāh) may refer to:

• One of the sons of the Biblical patriarch Jacob, see Judah (biblical figure)

• The tribe formed by Judah's offspring, see Tribe of Judah

• The kingdom ruled by the house of David after the Kingdom of Israel broke off following the death of King Solomon, see Kingdom of Judah

• The southern part of the Land of Israel, in the period from the end of the kingdom of Judah (c. 586 BC) to the Roman time, see Judea

• Judah, Coadjutor of Josephus, as mentioned in Josephus's Vita.

• Judah, Son of Simeon Tharsi, possibly the great-nephew of Judas Maccabeus. From I Maccabees.

• Judah (Russian family.) Family prominent in the communal life of Grodno and Lithuania during the greater part of the sixteenth century. Judah Bogdanovich, its chief founder, was born about 1475 and died at Grodno about 1546.

• Judah haNasi (135-220), aka Judah I, Judah the Prince, redactor of the Mishnah, the core work of Judaism's oral law.

• Judah II, son of Gamaliel III, and grandson of Judah I. He lived at Tiberias in the middle of the third century. In the sources he is called "Judah," and occasionally "Rabbi" like his grandfather; as was Judah III.

• Judah III, son of Gamaliel IV. and grandson of Judah II. Judah III. held the office of patriarch probably during the close of the third and the beginning of the fourth century.