The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (2114 page)

993–1055).
Jewish vizier (
waz
r
) of Granada. Samuel had a distinguished career as a public servant to King Habbus and King Badis of Granada which included commanding the army. His victory against the army of Almeria was the origin of a special
Purim
among the Granadan Jews. He was a poet as well as a soldier, and three collections survive:
Ben Tehillim
,
Ben Mishlei
, and
Ben Kohelet
.

 
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(Jap., derived from
saburau
, ‘to serve’). Warriors. Originally the word was applied only to noble warriors with good family lineage, but this became the common designation for warriors in the Tokugawa period. The appearance of warriors as a distinct class coincided with the development of the
sh
en system
dealing with private proprietary land management. The inability of the central government to control the various provinces and districts allowed them to develop their own defence force, from which the warrior class evolved. The medieval tales of warriors, though highly idealized, glorified heroism, courage, honour, and loyalty to one's lord, which became the core of
bushid
, the ethical code of the samurai class. Religion helped warriors resolve the question of life and death; see further
MARTIAL ARTS
;
BUSHID
.

 
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see
SAMM
-PADH
NA
.

 
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