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Herod

(Encyclopedia)Herod, dynasty reigning in Palestine at the time of Jesus. As a dynasty the Herods depended largely on the power of Rome. They are usually blamed for the state of virtual anarchy in Palestine at the b...

Amok

(Encyclopedia)Amok āˈmŏk [key], in the Bible, post-Exilic Jewish family. ...

Chandler, family of American real estate developers and publishers

(Encyclopedia)Chandler, family of American real estate developers and publishers. Harry Chandler, 1864–1944, b. Landaff, N.H., moved to Los Angeles and during the early 20th cent. was very largely responsible for...

Aristobulus

(Encyclopedia)Aristobulus: see Maccabees.

Machabees

(Encyclopedia)Machabees: see Maccabees.

Asmoneans

(Encyclopedia)Asmoneans: see Maccabees.

Hasmoneans

(Encyclopedia)Hasmoneans: see Maccabees.

Gezer

(Encyclopedia)Gezer gēˈzər [key], ancient city of Canaan, on the coastal plain of Sharon, NW of Jerusalem. Its position guarding the road from Jerusalem to Jaffa has always given it importance, e.g., in the wars...

Adoraim

(Encyclopedia)Adoraim ădˌōrāˈĭm [key], in the Bible, town, E of Hebron. It also appears as Adora in First Maccabees. ...

Costa, Isaäc da

(Encyclopedia)Costa, Isaäc da ēˈsä-äk dä kôˈstä [key], 1798–1860, Dutch poet and historian, b. Amsterdam, of an aristocratic Sephardic Jewish family. Deeply influenced by Bilderdijk, he entered (1822) th...