Benjamin, Judah

Eli N. Evans. Judah P. Benjamin The Jewish Confederate. New York Free Press, 1988. John L. Hammond and Barbara Bradby Hammond. The Rise of Modern Industry. New York Haskell House Publishers, 1974. (Reprint from 1925 edition published by Meuthen, London.)... 

Leo Digestion, the tribe of Judah, Strength Virgo Distillation, the tribe of Naphtali, The Hermit Libra Sublimation, the tribe of Asher, Justice Scorpio Putrefaction, the tribe of Dan, Death Sagittarius Incineration, the tribe of Benjamin, Temperance Capricorn Fermentation, the tribe of Issachar, The Devil Aquarius Dissolution, the tribe of Manasseh, The Star Pisces Multiplication, the tribe of Reuben, The Moon... 

Order of Zion leader Judah P. Benjamin was the individual who gave the order for Lincoln s assassination, according to the one authoritative historical document in the public domain, the report of the Judge Advocate assigned to investigate the... 

Burton Hendrick, Statesman of the Lost Cause, Jefferson Davis and His Cabinet (New York Literary Guild of America, 1939), pp. 153-181 Max Kohler, Judah Benjamin Statesman and Jurist (Baltimore, 1905). 

Now, the Pharisees descended from Benjamin. This provided them with a great depth of tradition and legitimacy because Benjamin was the last son of Jacob and Rachel in Harran. Another Benjamite, King Saul, was the hero who delivered Israel from the Philistines. Finally, Judah and Benjamin were the only two tribes that remained faithful to Rehoboam, the son of Solomon. 

The Calebites of Hebron merged with tribe Judah, and the Calebites of Ephrath with the tribe of Benjamin. From this amalgamation of the tribes, the Pentateuch was to become a unique blending of both Israelite and Calebite history and religious development. This was the... 

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