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	Judah P. Benjamin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Judah Philip Benjamin (August 6, 1811–May 6, 1884) was an American politician and lawyer, who served as a representative in the Louisiana State Legislature, as U.S. Senator for Louisiana, in three successive cabinet posts in the government of the Confederate States of America, and as a distinguished barrister and Queen's Counsel in England.
		Benjamin was born a British subject in Christiansted, Saint Croix, in the Danish West Indies (now U.S. Virgin Islands), to Sephardic Jewish parents, Phillip Benjamin and Rebecca de Mendes.
		Benjamin's foremost goal as Secretary of State was to draw the United Kingdom into the war on the side of the Confederacy.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Judah_Benjamin (896 words)

	Judah (Biblical figure) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Judah's name is interpreted as a combination of "Yhwh" (given as a reward for his public confession, Genesis 38:26) with the letter "dalet," the numerical value of which is 4, Judah being the fourth son of Jacob.
		Judah atoned for that fault by confessing that it was he who had given Tamar the pledge; and he was rewarded for that confession by a share in the future world.
		The tribe of Judah had the preeminence over the other tribes in that Elisheba, the mother of all the priests; Othniel, the first judge; Bezaleel, the builder of the Tabernacle; and Solomon, the builder of the First Temple in Jerusalem; and all the pious kings were of the tribe of Judah, as was the Messiah.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Judah_(biblical_figure) (1480 words)

	JewishEncyclopedia.com - BENJAMIN, JUDAH PHILIP: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Benjamin's legal talents were so generally recognized that President Pierce tendered him the position of associate justice of the United States Supreme Court; but he preferred his activities at the bar and in politics.
		Benjamin was frequently called upon to deliver addresses and orations on national holidays and other non-political occasions; and competent judges declare that he was even happier at these times than in his political addresses and arguments.
		A farewell dinner was given in Benjamin's honor by the bench and bar of England in the hall of the Inner Temple, London, on June 30, 1883, under the presidency of the attorney-general, Sir Henry James.
	www.jewishencyclopedia.com /view.jsp?artid=736&letter=B (1774 words)

	JewishEncyclopedia.com - JUDAH (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Judah was born on the fifteenth day of the third month (Siwan), in the year of the Creation 2195, and died, at the age of 119, eighteen years before Levi (Book of Jubilees, xxviii.
		Judah atoned for that fault by confessing that it was he who had given Tamar the pledge; and he was rewarded for that confession by a share in the future world (Soṭah 7b).
		It seems that the soil of Judah's territory was remarkable for the excellent quality of its grain, one measure of Judean grain being worth five measures of that produced in Galilee (B. 122a).
	www.jewishencyclopedia.com /view.jsp?artid=592&letter=J (1550 words)

	Judah Philip Benjamin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Benjamin was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1852 and 1858, but resigned in February 1861, shortly before his good friend Jefferson Davis appointed him attorney general of the new Confederate States of America.
		Benjamin stayed with Davis until the bitter end, which came in May 1865.
		Benjamin died on May 6, 1884, in Paris, where he and his wife were buried.
	civilwar.bluegrass.net /PoliticsAndPoliticians/judahphilipbenjamin.html (382 words)

	Benjamin Judah Philip - Search Results - MSN Encarta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Benjamin, Judah Philip (1811-1884), American lawyer and statesman, born in Christiansted, St Croix Island (in the present-day United States Virgin...
		Benjamin, in the Old Testament (see Genesis 42-45), youngest and most beloved son of the patriarch Jacob and founder of the Israelite tribe of...
		Judah, in the Old Testament, name of the fourth son of Jacob and of one of the 12 tribes of Israel; the early history of the tribe may be...
	uk.encarta.msn.com /Benjamin_Judah_Philip.html (123 words)

	Benjamin, Judah Philip - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Benjamin, a prominent Whig, served in both branches of the state legislature, was a delegate to two state constitutional conventions, and in 1852 was elected to the U.S. Senate.
		One of the ablest defenses of Southern policy was presented in the Senate by Benjamin on Dec. 31, 1860.
		In the new Southern government, Benjamin first served as attorney general, was appointed secretary of war in Nov., 1861 (he had been acting secretary since September), and from Mar., 1862, to the end of the Civil War was secretary of state.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-benjj1p1.html (473 words)

	Welcome To Judah Benjamin.com
		Born in the West Indies in 1811 to observant Jewish parents, Benjamin was raised in Charleston, South Carolina.
		When John Wilkes Booth assassinated Lincoln in 1865, Davis and Benjamin were suspected of having plotted the event and, as the martyred Lincoln was compared to Christ in the Northern press, Benjamin was pilloried as Judas.
		When the South was defeated, Benjamin -fearing that he could never receive a fair trial if charged with Lincoln’s murder, fled to England, where he lived out his life as a barrister, publishing a classic legal text on the sale of personal property.
	www.judahbenjamin.com (668 words)

	Bible Dictionary: Benjamin
		Benjamin shall ravin as a wolf: in the morning he shall devour the prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil.
		Benjamin came up according to their families: and the coast of their lot came forth between the children of Judah and the children of Joseph.
		34 Judah, and Benjamin, and Shemaiah, and Jeremiah,
	scriptures.lds.org /bdb/benjamin?sr=1 (839 words)

	"The Brains of the Confederacy"
		When the investigating body met, Benjamin in a very few words told them why it was not sent —there was not any to send, a temporary shortage of that munitions existing.
		Benjamin did not return from church with the party, but went to the telegraph office for dispatches.
		During their ride through the South, Benjamin, rather a short man, rode an extremely tall horse, and notwithstanding the general sadness which hung over the entire country, excited the risibility of all beholders.
	www.jewish-history.com /civilwar/judahpb.html (1638 words)

	Remarks for Jewish Council for Public Affairs - February 18, 2002
		Benjamin is perhaps best known in the United States for his stirring orations in the Senate on behalf of Southern interests, and for his service as Attorney General, Secretary of War, and finally Secretary of State in the cabinet of Jefferson Davis.
		Benjamin's political ventures in the Senate and in the Confederacy were bracketed by two discrete but equally remarkable legal careers, the first in New Orleans, the second in Britain.
		Benjamin's biographer tells us that, "[h]owever desperate his case, Benjamin habitually addressed the court as if it were impossible for him to lose." This in-domitable cast of mind characterized both Benjamin's courtroom advocacy and his response to fortune's vicissitudes.
	www.supremecourtus.gov /publicinfo/speeches/sp_02-18-02.html (1368 words)

	THE TRIBE OF BENJAMIN: A “WOLFPACK” FROM THE NORTH
		Benjamin was the youngest son of Jacob and Rachel, and the only full brother of Joseph.
		From that time on Benjamin's population lagged far behind the other tribes, and they were the smallest tribe in Israel at the time one of their members, Saul, was made the first king of Israel (I Samuel 9:21).
		Norway is a lightly populated nation, consistent with Benjamin's historical role as the least populous of the tribes of Israel.
	www.israelite.info /Christian_Authors/TribeofBenjamin.htm (1324 words)

	Guide to the Collection of Judah P. Benjamin (1811-1884), undated, 1838, 1854-1884, 1893, 1925, 1930, 1942, 1948 (bulk ...
		Judah P. Benjamin, called the "brains of the Confederacy", was a statesman and jurist in the United States, the Confederate States, and Great Britain who achieved high-ranking titles wherever he served, and especially left an indelible mark in the South where he held more official positions than any other man during the Civil War.
		Judah P. Benjamin, called the "brains of the Confederacy" and the "man behind the throne" of the Confederate aristocracy, was an unparalleled statesman and jurist in the United States, the Confederate States, and Great Britain.
		In 1866, Benjamin was admitted to the English bar, and in 1868 he wrote "A Treatise on Law of Sale of Personal Property." He was an excellent practitioner of jurisprudence amassing a great fortune from his practice and quickly assumed a judgeship, and later in 1872 he was appointed the highest ranking of Queen's counselor.
	www.cjh.org /academic/findingaids/AJHS/nhprc/JudahPBenjamin.html (1301 words)

	Benjamin Tribe of Israel
		The Tribes of Judah and BENJAMIN together were to compose the main stock of the modern Jewish people.
		Benjamin, Judah, Levi, Simeon, and small numbers of most of the other tribes had remained together as Jews in the southern realm of Judah when the Assyrians exiled most of the Israelites in the Northern Kingdom of Israel.
		The tribe of Benjamin, from whom the first king of Israel, Saul--who "snatched the kingdom," as a wolf--was to stand, was thus reestablished.
	britam.org /benjamin.html (1838 words)

	BookRags: Judah Philip Benjamin Biography
		Judah Benjamin was born a British subject on St. Thomas, British West Indies, Aug. 11, 1811.
		Elected to the U.S. Senate in 1852, Benjamin strongly defended the South's position and was an acknowledged leader of the pro-Southern congressional faction.
		Benjamin recognized that blockade-running was vital to sustaining Southern supplies, and he sent "commercial agents" to Bermuda, the West Indies, and Cuba to open ports to Confederate blockade-runners.
	www.bookrags.com /biography/judah-philip-benjamin (517 words)

	Antebellum Political Characters: Derbigny and Benjamin
		Judah P. Benjamin's story is the adventure of a Jewish boy from the Virgin Islands who migrates to the United States, gets involved in politics and a Civil War, has to flee the country, serves the Queen of England and retires in Paris.
		Benjamin was born in 1811 and his family migrated to Savannah, Georgia in 1816.
		After the war, Benjamin was suspected of assisting with the assassination of President Lincoln, so he fled to Great Britain in 1865.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/7555/83505 (505 words)

	Bible Study - Benjamin
		Benjamin was the last born of Israel's twelve sons (see Children of Jacob), the younger of the two children by Rachel (Genesis 35:24).
		Benjamin's older brother was Joseph, who had been sold into Egypt by his jealous brothers (see Coat Of Many Colors).
		Benjamin's descendants formed the tribe of Benjamin, the Benjamites (Genesis 49:27, Deuteronomy 33:12, Joshua 18:21) (see The Tribes Of Israel).
	www.keyway.ca /htm2000/20000830.htm (431 words)

	[Julien Philip Benjamin]
		My great-great grandfather was a Judah Benjamin, and there have always been Judahs, Juliens, and Philips among the boys of the family.
		Judah was born there August 6, 1811, in the town of St. Croix.
		The Benjamins moved to the United States, where they had originally intended to go, about 1818, landing at Wilmington, N. Young Judah attended school for three years at Fayetteville, North Carolina, later attending Yale University, [182501827?], which he left at the end of the three year period without taking a degree.
	lcweb2.loc.gov /wpa/11091707.html (1584 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Judah (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Judah ha-Levi JUDAH HA-LEVI [Judah ha-Levi] or Judah Halevy, c.1075-1141, Jewish rabbi, poet, and philosopher, b.
		Benjamin, Judah Philip BENJAMIN, JUDAH PHILIP [Benjamin, Judah Philip] 1811-84, Confederate statesman and British barrister, b.
		As teacher and writer he was one of the leaders in the renaissance of a progressive culture among the Jews (see Haskalah) and he was an indefatigable foe of obscurantism.
	www.encyclopedia.com /articles/06750.html (617 words)

	Commentary Magazine - Judah P. Benjamin: The Jewish Confederate, by Eli N. Evans (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		...Of the two, Benjamin, who was to hone his skills as an orator in his years in Washington-his farewell address to the Senate (1860) is considered one of the greatest in American history-far outshone the efficient but uninspiring Davis...
		...Happily, this Benjamin biography, whose author, as a Jewish Southerner himself, identifies closely with Benjamin's ambiguous position in that milieu, is infused with the enthusiasm and the attention to detail that are characteristic of obsession but avoids the narrowness of vision which is its vice...
		...Benjamin was exceedingly hospitable," wrote Varina Davis, wife of Jefferson, an astute chronicler of her times, "and had such perfect self-control that he felt able to bring the extreme men of each party together at his table...
	www.commentarymagazine.com /Summaries/V86I1P64-1.htm (2059 words)

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		In the Senate, Benjamin was embroiled in the political turmoil leading to the Civil War, and he was frequently attacked on the basis of his religious background.
		Benjamin died on May 6,1884, and was buried in Pdre Lachaise cemetery in Paris under tbe name of "Philippe Benjamin" in the family plot of the Boursignac family, the in-laws of his daughter.
		Benjamin is fascinating because of the extraordinary role he played in Southern history and the ways in which Jews and non-Jews reacted to him.
	www.civilwarhome.com /benjaminbio.htm (2753 words)

	Amazon.ca: Judah P. Benjamin: Books: Eli Evans (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Benjamin, for his country and his President was willing to serve as a scapegoat on several occasions for unpopular decisions Davis had to make.
		Judah P. Benjamin is little remembered for his service to the United States of America, the Confederate States of America, and the United Kingdom.
		Judah P. Benjamin was a spirited man who made the most of his talents (even marrying into Catholic New Orleans aristocracy) and yet is known by few, and probably understood by even fewer.
	www.amazon.ca /Judah-P-Benjamin-Eli-Evans/dp/0029099110 (1959 words)

	Judah Philip Benjamin (1811-1884)
		Judah Philip Benjamin (August 6, 1811 - May 6, 1884) was a British-American politician and lawyer, who served as a representative in the Louisiana State Legislature, as U.S. Senator for Louisiana, in three successive cabinet posts in the government of the Confederate States of America, and as a distinguished barrister and Queen's Counsel in England.
		He was the second Jew (after David L. Yulee of Florida) to serve as a U.S. Senator and the first in the cabinet of a North American government, and had the opportunity to be the first Jewish nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court, though he declined the position.
		In the immediate aftermath of the end of the war, an unfounded rumor, tinged with anti-Semitism, that Benjamin had masterminded the assassination of Abraham Lincoln through his intelligence apparatus became popular.
	www.thelatinlibrary.com /chron/civilwarnotes/benjamin.html (835 words)

	Amazon.de: Judah P. Benjamin: English Books: Eli N. Evans (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Without question, Benjamin was a man of keen intellect and an imposing presence on Jefferson Davis and confederate foreign policy.
		I for one, have been fascinated by Benjamin for years and was thrilled to find a well documented and researched book on this most intriguing character.
		Benjamin was extremely thorough to destroy every Confederate document which bore his name and position as Secretary of State of the Confederacy.
	www.amazon.de /Judah-Benjamin-Eli-N-Evans/dp/0029099110 (803 words)

	FRC: Message Archive
		Because the silver cup was found in the sack of Benjamin, Joseph had said Benjamin alone was the one who would have to remain as lifetime slave in Egypt, but the rest of the brothers could all go free and were allowed to leave for home.
		Judah as surety was a sinner himself without almighty power too, but Jesus is the sinless surety with almighty power, being in one person not only truly man, but also very God.
		Judah as surety was but a very temporary one in regards to a temporary situation for just one person, but Jesus is an eternal surety with eternal significance not for just one but for a countless multitude which no man can number including all those who turn from sin and trust and obey Him.
	www.frcna.org /Banner/Archive.ASP?Message=86 (1321 words)

	The Reality-Based Community: Judah P. Benjamin, Benjamin Disraeli, and reputational externality
		After all, Wade's point is that Judah Benjamin's exterior is that of a Jew, but his substance is that of an Egyptian: i.e., a slavemaster.
		I find all this especially annoying because while Judah Benjamin was really and truly Jewish, Disraeli wasn't: his parents had been Jewish, but they converted and had him baptized when he was thirteen and he remained a devout, and even a somewhat bigoted, Anglican, though flamboyantly proud of his ethnic background.
		Eugene notes that Benjamin was not a Jew for other Jews to be proud of, but goes on to note that he doesn't much believe in taking pride or shame from the doings of fellow Jews.
	www.samefacts.com /archives/_/2005/03/judah_p_benjamin_benjamin_disraeli_and_reputational_externality.php (1104 words)

	Joseph & his Brothers \| Chabad.org > Parsha > Vayigash (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		David, the scion of Judah, is anointed as king; his struggles with King Saul are a replay of the age-old Leah/Rachel rivalry over the leadership of Israel.
		The rest of Jewish history, as we know it, is the story of the surviving tribes of Judah and Benjamin, a significant part of Levi (whose Priests and Levites lived in cities throughout the Holy Land), and a small number of Jews from the other tribes who lived in the Kingdom of Judea.
		Judah, in contradistinction, displays the humility and commitment of one to whom life is a duty rather than an achievement.
	www.chabad.org /parshah/article.asp?AID=65484 (2168 words)

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