CYCLOPEDIA of BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL and ECCLESIASTICAL LITERATURE J - Lysius, Johann Heinrich by James Strong & John Mcclintock
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THE AGES DIGITAL LIBRARY REFERENCE CYCLOPEDIA of BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL and ECCLESIASTICAL LITERATURE J - Lysius, Johann Heinrich by James Strong & John McClintock To the Students of the Words, Works and Ways of God: Welcome to the AGES Digital Library. We trust your experience with this and other volumes in the Library fulfills our motto and vision which is our commitment to you: MAKING THE WORDS OF THE WISE AVAILABLE TO ALL — INEXPENSIVELY. AGES Software Rio, WI USA Version 1.0 © 2000 2 Jaabez, Isaac a Jewish rabbi of Constantinople, who died at the beginning of the 17th century, is the author of dsj trwt, a commentary on the Hagiographa, consisting of tell different parts: 1, µylwlh çdq, on the Song of Songs; 2, çdq jmx, on Ruth: 3, ymt tqdx, on Lamentations; 4, [dm yr[ç, on Coheleth; 5, µylç trf[, on Esther; 6, twlht, on the Psalms; 7, ydwml, on Proverbs; 8, ydç tary, on Job; 9, µyrçy tkrb, on Daniel, 10, [yçwm µyswj, on Ezra and Nehemiah, reprinted in Moses Frankfurter's Rabbinic Bible (Amsterdam, 1724-27). See De' Rossi, Dizionario Storico (Germ. transl.), page 133; Fulrst, Bibl. Jud. 2:2. Jaabez, Joseph ben-Abraham a Jewish rabbi of the 16th century, belonged to those exiles who left Spain in 1492. Jaabez settled at Adrianople, where he became rabbi preacher. He wrote twdjah rmam, or system of Jewish dogmatics (Ferrara, 1554): — dyæsy hnwmah, or Dogmatics of Judaism, printed with the "system:" — µyyjh rya, or faith triumphant over philosophy (ibid. eod.; Amsterdam, 1781; Praemvsl, 1873): ylht l[ çwrp, a commentary on the Psalms (Salonika, 1571). See De' Rossi, Dizionario Storico (Germ. transl.), 132 sq.; Furst, Bibl. Jud. 2:1; Jellinek, Joseph Jaabez, eine kurze Biographie in Literatur-Blatt des Orients, 1846, col. 261 sq. (B.P.) Jaafarites a Mohammedan sect who held in highest reverence the memory of Jaafar, the sixth of the twelve Imams. An unsuccessful attempt was made by Nadir Shah to assimilate the Persian Mohammedanism to that of the Turks, 3 acknowledging Jaafar as the head of the new national faith. SEE IMAMS, THE TWELVE. Jaazer Khurbet Sar, the probable representative of this locality, is laid down at seven miles west of Amman, with notes of a pool, tower, and sarcophagi adjoining, on the reduced Map of the Ordnance Survey in the fragment published east of the Jordan; but the Memoirs containing details have not appeared. It is situated on the road running along the south side of Wady Sir. Tristram says (Bible Places, page 337): "It consists only of grass- grown mounds and rows of foundations at the very head of the valley, above a marshy spring, the highest source of the Seir." Merrill says (East of the Jordan, page 405), "Sar we made to be 3400 feet above the sea-level;" the Map indicates 1390 feet. Jabbok Wady Zerka, the modern name of this stream (which must be carefully distinguished from the Zerka Main, farther south, near Callirrhoe), has been explored by Dr. Merrill, whose account closes thus (East of the Jordan, page 381): "Its winding course is remarkable, making it in this regard unlike any other river of Syria. The Jordan is more crooked, having almost innumerable short bends; but the Jabbok sweeps far out into the desert, then doubles back upon itself, and forces its way through a mountain The valley is seventy or more miles in length, and is exceedingly fertile. Along its head-waters lived a great and powerful race, which existed from the earliest advent of the Hebrews in this region clear down to a period subsequent to the time of Christ.... Its capacities are great, because every acre can be reached by irrigation canals. Even at present it is very extensively cultivated. and contains many line farms. On the hill-sides there are. at certain points, some unused canals, of which a few can be traced to a distance of five or eight miles" Jabme Acco was a goddess worshipped by the Laplanders, the mother of death. Her dwelling was, deep in the bed of the earth, and the departed remained with her, Until their destiny was decided by the judges of the infernal regions. 4 Jabneel Of Naphtali is identified by Condei (Tent Work, 2:337), with Yemma, a modern village wit} a spring of the same name, four miles south-west of the Sea of Tiberias, but with no special signs of antiquith (Memoirs accompanying the Ordnance Map, 1:365). Jabneh. The modern site Yebnah is located midway (four and a quarter miles) between Akir (Ekron and the shore, and is thus spoken of in the Memoirs accompanying the Ordnance Survey (2:441): "The modern village occupies a strong position on a rounded hill the houses being mostly of mud. The only remains of interest noted were the church in the village and the mosque west of it." which are described in detail. Jachja, David SEE IBN-JACHJA, DAVID. Jachja, Gedalja SEE IBN-JACHJA, GEDALJA. Jachja, Joseph SEE IBN-JACHJA, JOSEPH. Jachmann, Johann Gottlieb a Lutheran theologian of Germany, was born at Breslau, January 8, 1727. He studied at Leipsic, was in 1752 conrector of the Mag dalene Gymnasium at Breslau, in 1767 provost of Si Mary's and St. George's churches, at Oels, Silesia, and died February 15, 1776. He wrote, De Sabbatho ainte Legei Mosaicams Existente (Leipsic, 1748): — Spicilegiium Observationum in Matthaei Caput 24 (1749): — Observati Exegetica in Ies. 26:19 (1749): — De Beringeri Editione N. Test. Germanica (Breslau, 1757): — De Josephi pro-rege Egyptiorum (1764): — De Justino, Martyr et Philosopho (1765). See Jocher, Allgemeines Gelehrten Lexikon, s.v.; Furst, Bibl. Jud. 2:5. (B.P.) Jackson, Abner, D.D., LL.D. a Protestant Episcopal clergyman, graduated from Trinity College, Hart ford, Conn., in 1837, and taught there for several years. In 1858 he was made president of Hobart College, Geneva, N.Y., and also held the starting 5 professorship of the evidences of Christianity. In 1867 he removed to Hartford, Connecticut, becoming president of Trinity College, where he was also Hobart professor of ethics and metaphysics, and continued in that position until his death, April 19, 1874, aged sixty-three years. In 1873 he was deputy from his diocese to the General Convention, and was one of the standing committee in 1871. See Prot. Episc. Almanac, 1875, page 144. Jackson, Charles Davis, D.D. a Protestant Episcopal clergyman, was born at Salem, Massachusetts, December 15, 1811. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1833; studied theology two years in Andover Theological Seminary; was engaged in teaching several years; ordained deacon in 1841, and presbyter in 1842; served as rector of St. Stephen's Church one or two years; of St. Luke's, Staten Island, from 1843 to 1847, and thereafter of St. Peter's, Westchester County, N.Y., for more than twenty years. He died June 28, 1871. He was the author of a work on Popular Education, and another on The Relation of Education to Crime, besides Sermons. Jackson, Henry, D.D. a Baptist minister, was born at Providence, R.I., June 16, 1798. He graduated from Brown University in 1817, and studied theology at Andover Theological Seminary for over a year (1821); was ordained in 1822; then took charge of a Baptist Church in Clarlestown, Massachusetts; next of the First Baptist Church of Hartford, Connecticut (1836); of New Bedford, Massachusetts (1839); of the Central Church, Newport, R.I. (1847), and continued there till his sudden death, March 2, 1863. See Trien. Cat. of Andover Theol. Sem. 1870, page 48. Jackson, John, D.D. an English prelate, was born in London, February 22, 1811. After studying at the Reading School, under Dr. Richard Valpy, he entered Pembroke College, Oxford, where he graduated in 1833, in the first class in classics. He was appointed to the head-mastership of Islington Grammar-school in 1836. In 1846 he was made rector of St. James's Church, Piccadilly, an appointment which soon made widely known his qualities as a preacher of singularly impressive earnestness and his powers as the administrator of a large and populous district. In 1847 Dr. Jackson was appointed chaplain to 6 the queen, and in 1845, 1850, 1862, and 1866 he was a select preacher at Oxford. In 1852 he was made canon of Bristol. In 1853 he delivered the Boyle lectures in London, and in the same year was made bishop of Lincoln. He was transferred to the see of London, January 4, 1869, and died January 6, 1884. Dr. Jackson published many sermons and charges, and a popular pamphlet on The Sinfulness of Little Sins. Jackson, Samuel Cram, D.D. a Congregational minister, son of Reverend Dr. William Jackson, was born at Dorset, Vermont, March 13, 1802. He graduated from Middlebury College in 1821, and studied for some time in the law school at New Haven, Conn.; graduated from Andover Theological Seminary in 1826; was ordained June 6 of the following year as pastor of West Church, in Andover, from which he was, dismissed in September 1850, and became assistant secretary of the State 'Board of Education, also acting librarian of the State Library, which office he held until 1877. He died July 26, 1878. Dr. Jackson published, Blessings of the Year, a sermon at West Andover, December 30, 1827: — Funeral Discourse of Reverend S.G. Pierce, Methuen, May 10, 1839: — Thanksgiving Sermon, November 28, 1839: — The License Law Vindicated: — Religious Principle a Source of Public Prosperity: — The Massachusetts Election Sermon (1843). See Cong, Year-book, 1879, page 45. Jackson, Thomas an eminent Wesleyan Methodist minister and writer, was born at Sancton, Yorkshire, December 10, 1783.