Arab tribes — so savage as scarcel}-- to be considered ex- ceptions— humanity had become extinct on its banks.
Such, then, is the river Jordan, without any parallel, historical or physical, in the whole world. A complete river beneath the level of the sea ! Disappearing in a' lake which has no outlet, which could have none, and which originated in a miracle ! Thrice were its waters divided by the direct agency of God, that his servants might pass in safety and comfort. It is a river that has never been navigable, flowing into a sea that has never known a port — has never been a high-road to more hospitable coasts — has never possessed a fishery — a river that has never boasted of a single town of emi- nence upon its banks ; in fine, it is, if not " the river of God" in the book of Psalms, at least that of his chosen people throughout their history, and, as such, it figures largely in the poetical symbolism of the passage from this world to the next.
In addition to the works above cited on the physical features of the Jordan, the following afford important information: Journal of R. Geog. Society, xviii, part ii, articles by Robinson, Petermann, and MolJ^leux ; Ber- tou, in Bulletin de la Soc. Geograph. de Penis, xii, 166 sq. ; Wildenbruch, Monatslerichte der Gesellschaft fur Erdlimde zu Berlin, 1845-46; Capt. Newbold, Joi<r. of Roy. A siat. Society, xvi, 8 sq. ; Rev. W. Thompson, Bill. Sac. iii, 184 sq. A clear summary of all known about the Jordan up to 1850 is given by Ritter, in Palastina iind Syrien, ii, 152-656 ; also in his separate essay, Der Jordan vnd die Beschiffung des todten Meeres (Berlin, 1850). IMore popular descriptions are those published by the Religious Tract Society (London, 1858), and Nel- son (ib. 1854). Most travellers in Palestine have like- wise given an account of the river, chiefly at its moutli. See Palestine.
Jordan, Joseph, a minister of the Society of Friends, was born in Nanseraond County, Va., in 1695, and began preaching about 1718, first in the States, and later in various parts of England and Ireland, and some portions of Holland. He died Sept, 26, 1735. "He ac- quitted himself," was the testimony of the annual meet- ing of Virginia Quakers in the year of his death, " as a wfirkman tliat need not be ashamed." See Janney, Hist, of Friends, in, 261.
Jordan, Richard (1), a minister of the Society of Friends, was born in Nansemond County, Va., in 1693, and began preaching the same year with his younger brother Joseph (see above). The two brothers fre- quently travelled together, preaching the word of God, in Vu-ginia, Maryland, and Carolina, and suffered no little from persecution. In 1728 he visited the Qua- kers in England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, and in Bar- badoes. After two years he returned to the States, and settled in Philadelphia, where he died August 5, 1742. " His ministry was convincing and consolatory-, his de- livery gracefid, but unaffected ; in prayer he was solemn and reverent." See Jannej', Hist, of Friends, iii, 270.
Jordan, Richard (2), a minister of the Society of Friends, was liorn in Norfolk County, Va., Dec. 12, 1756. He entered on ministerial labors in 1797 in New York and New England, and in 1802 visited Europe, where he spent two years. On his return he settled at Hart- ford, Conn., and five years later removed to Newton, N. J., where he died Oct. 14, 1826. He was an able minis- ter of the (iospel, devoted to the service of his heavenly Master. See Janney, Hist, of Friends, iv, 105.
Jordanes. See Jornandez.
Jordanus ua Giano, or de Yane. See Minor- ites.
Jordanus of Saxonia, second general of the Do- minicans, was born at Borrentrick, in the diocese of Paderborn, near the close of the twelfth centurj-. Af- ter studying theology at the University of Paris, he joined the Dominicans in 1219, and in 1220 took part in the first general chapter of his order. In 1221 he was made prior of the province of Lombardy, and finally
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elected general in 1222, ten months after the death of St. Domuiic. The order grew rapiiUy under his admin- istration, and soon possessed establishments as far as Poland, and even in Palestine, whither Jordanus went in 1228. Tlie sliip was wrecked on the return voyage, and'.Tordanus drowned, in 1236. He wrote, De Prin- cipio Onliiiis Pradimtorum (Echard, Scrij)tores Ordinis Pnediciitornm, vol. i) -.—Epistola de Translatione corpo- ris B. Dominici (Bzovius, Annales, 1233, vol. i) : — Super I'rUr-idiiniii, et qucedam fjrammaticalin, a MS. in the Leipzig Library. See Acta Sanctorum, Feb., ii, 720; Echard, Scriptores Ordinis Prmdicatoruin, vi, 93 ; Hoe- fer, Soin: Biog. Generale, xxvi, 9-il. (J. N. P.)
Jor'ibas (1 Esilr.viii, 44) or Jor'ibus (1 Esdr. ix, 19), Gnecized forms ('Iwpi/ioc, Vidg. Joribus) of the name Jarib (q. v.) of two persons (corresponding to Ezra viii, 16, and Ezra x, 18, in the Hebrew text of the above passages respectively).
Jo'rim (Itopeifx, perh. i. q. Joram), the son of Mat- that and father of Eleazar, maternal ancestors of Jesus, not mentioned in the O. Test. (Luke iii, 29). B.C. post 876. See Gknk.vlogy of Ciiiasr.