The City of God · Character
Judah
Son of Jacob, ancestor of the tribe from which King David and Jesus descended.
minor
First appearance: part i book i
Judah shows up with force in Of suicide committed through fear of punishment or dishonour. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Mentioned as Judas, who hanged himself and thereby aggravated his betrayal of Christ.
Judah first appears in 0002 part i book i.
In Of suicide committed through fear of punishment or dishonour: Mentioned as Judas, who hanged himself and thereby aggravated his betrayal of Christ.
Later, in Of the blessing which Jacob promised in Judah his son: Judah is the tribe from which Christ sprang; Jacob's blessing foretells Christ's coming.
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- Abraham's Family
- Patriarchs and Pagan Figures
- Noah's Descendants
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- Of suicide committed through fear of punishment or dishonour
- Of the blessing which Jacob promised in Judah his son
- XVIII
- Of the varying condition of both the Hebrew kingdoms, until the people of both were at different times led into captivity, Judah being afterwards recalled into his kingdom, which finally passed into the power of the Romans.
- Who were kings of Argos, and of Assyria, when Jacob died in Egypt
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See Judah in part i book i