| 单词 | red jew |
| 释义 | > as lemmasred Jew red Jew n. (also with capital initial) now historical a member of a legendary (Jewish) sect associated with the apocalyptic destruction of the Christian world. The legend arose in medieval Germany with the red Jews being variously identified as Gog and Magog, the ten Lost Tribes of Israel, or the peoples enclosed by Alexander the Great behind a large wall in the Caucasus Mountains. ΚΠ 1550 W. Lynne tr. J. Carion Thre Bks. Cronicles iii. f. cxxiiiv Methodius called thys people Redde Iewes because they have borowed some ceremonyes of..Iewes. 1810 H. Weber Metrical Romances III. 325 The people inclosed are named the red Jews, and the height of the mountains which confine them, is said to equal that of the rainbow. 1996 A. C. Gow Red Jews iv. 66 The Red Jews are, in a sense, the Ten Tribes; like the Ten Tribes, they are generally identified with Gog and Magog. < as lemmas |
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