• Jordan (jawr' dn)

    A river in Modern Palestine, where Jesus was baptized.

  • Jose (Johz)

    Renowned teacher of the Nazareth synagogue.

  • Joseph (joh' zuhf)

    (1) Great-grandson of Abraham, (2) Earthly father of Jesus, (3) Brother of Jesus, (4) Jewish believer of Tyre.

  • Joseph of Arimathea (joh' zuhf ov ar uh muh thee uh)

    A wealthy member of the Sanhedrin, who obtained the body of Jesus after theCrucifixion and laid it in his own tomb.

  • Joshua (josh' oo uh)

    Successor of Moses as leader of Israelites.

  • Joshua ben Joseph (josh' oo uh ben joh zuhf)

    Identity of Michael during the Urantia bestowal.

  • Josiah (joh sahy' uh)

    (1) King of Judah, (2) Blind beggar whom Jesus healed.

  • Jotapata (Joh tuh pa' tuh)

    A fortified Jewish village dating from the time of Joshua, corresponding with the Iron Age.

  • Jove (johv)

    In ancient Roman religion and myth, Jupiter or Jove was the king of the gods, and the god of sky and thunder. He is the equivalent of Zeus in the Greek pantheon.

  • Judah (joo' duh)

    The fourth son of Jacob and Leah.

  • Judaism (joo' dee iz uhm)

    The monotheistic religion of the Jews.

  • Judas (joo' duhs)

    An apostle, the group's treasurer, and the betrayer of Jesus.

  • Judas Iscariot (joo duhs ih skar' ee uht)

    The disciple who betrayed Jesus.

  • Judas Maccabee (joo duhs mak' uh bee)

    Jew who restored Mosaic services in temple.

  • Jude (jood)

    A brother of Jesus.

  • Judea (joo dee' uh)

    The subdivision of ancient Palestine, succeeding the kingdom of Judah; a Roman province during the time of Christ.

  • Juno (joo noh)

    Roman goddess of light.

  • Jupiter (joo' pi ter)

    A Roman god.

  • Justa (juhst' uh)

    Believer with whom Jesus stayed in Sidon.

  • Justus (juhst' uhs)

    (1) One of two men suggested as Judas successor, (2) Devout merchant of Corinth.

  • Kaaba (k?h' buh)

    Ancient Jewish tribe.

  • Kanata (Kah' nuh tuh)

    A city in Israel where Aden built a substantial following of believers.

  • Karahta (Kah' rah tuh)

    A city in Israel.

  • Karkar (Kahr' kuhr)

    An ancient town in northwestern Syria.

  • Karuska (Kahr oosh' kuh)

    Wealthy believer with whom Jesus lodged at Sidon.

  • Kashmir (kazh' meer)

    A former princely state in SW Asia, adjacent to India, Pakistan, Sinkiang, and Tibet.

  • Kateri (Kah' te ree)

    People of southern India.

  • Katro (kaht' rouh)

    The head of the family with whom Melchizedek lived for more than 30 years.

  • Keilah (Kei' luh)

     A city in the lowlands of Judah, the modern Khurbet Kila.

  • Kenan (Kee' nuhn)

    Great-grandson of Adam and Eve, grandson of Seth, Adam and Eve's first-born son in the second garden, an early Sethite priest who instituted the foreign missionary service to other tribes in the Mesopotamian area in approximately 35,000 B.C.

  • Kenite (kee' nait)

    A nomadic clan in the ancient Levant, who long embraced Melchizedek's teachings about the Trinity.

  • Kerioth (kuh ree' ohth)

    A small town in southern Judea, where Judas Iscariot was born.

  • Keturah (ki toor' uh)

    One of Abraham's concubines.

  • Kheresa (kihr res' uh)

    A city in Israel frequently visited by Jesus and the apostles.

  • Kidron (kee' druhn)

    A ravine east of Jerusalem, leading to the Mount of Olives.

  • Kirmeth (Kir' meth)

    Trance prophet from Bagdad.

  • Kish (kish)

    Ancient city and the site of the Salem school.

  • Kopet Dagh (Koh' pet Dah)

    A mountain range east of the southern end of the Caspian Sea within which a high Adamite civilization flourished for 7,000 years from the times of Adamson and Ratta.

  • Kung Fu-tze (koong foo' tze)

    Confucius, a younger contemporary of Lao in sixth-century China who based his doctrines upon the better moral traditions of the long history of the yellow race, and was also somewhat influenced by the lingering traditions of the Salem missionaries.

  • Kush (koosh)

    Hindu Kush, a mountain range in Afghanistan.

  • Kyrios (Keer' ri uhs)

    Semite name for Deity.

  • Lagash (ley' gash)

    An ancient Sumerian city between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.

  • Lamech (ley' mik)

    Father of Tubal-Cain.

  • Lanaforge (Lan' ah forge)

    A primary Lanonandek Son who succeeded Lucifer as System Sovereign.

  • Lanonandek (La non an' dek)

    The third order of Local Universe Sons of God brought into existence by the Creator Son and Creative Spirit.

  • Lanonandek Sons (La non an' dek sonz)

    System Sovereigns and as constellation counselors in the local universe.

  • Lao-tse (lou' dzuh)

    Chinese religious leader of the 6th century B.C.

  • Laotta (lah ot' uh)

    A Nodite woman, head of the western Garden of Eden school, with whom Adam chose to mate after Eve had defaulted in their planetary mission.

  • Lapland (lap' land)

    Region of extreme northern Europe including northern Norway, Sweden, and Finland and the Kola Peninsula of northwest Russia.

  • Larissa (luh ris' uh)

    Town in the city of Thessaly, Greece.