List of Biblical figures

TBD: Someone went to the trouble of creating all these link placeholders, so I left them. But I cleaned them up, too. The concept of names in Wikipedia — especially when applied to Biblical names — is problematic. What to do about multiple names? What about the ambiguity of the unique people named John in the New Testament? These issues should be addressed before too many of these get filled in.
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This kind of problem has been discussed in a few places, and I've started rambling about it at talk:Naming conventions. -- Claudine

• Abel
• Abraham aka Abram
• Absalom
• Adam
• Abednego aka Azariah
• Benjamin
• Cain
• Daniel aka Belteshazzar
• David
• Esther
• Eve
• Ezra
• Goliath
• King Herod
• King Hiram[?]
• Jacob aka Israel
• James
• Jesus Christ
• Jezebel
• Job
• John the Baptist
• Joseph the Betrothed
• Joseph who wore a coat of many colours and interpreted dreams
• Joshua
• Judas
• Jude[?]
• Judith[?]
• Lazarus
• Lucifer
• Luke
• Mark
• Martha
• Mary Magdalene
• Mary, mother of Jesus
• Mary, sister of Martha[?]
• Matthew
• Meshach[?] aka Mishael
• Miriam[?]
• Moses
• Noah
• Nebuchadnezzar
• Paul aka Saul
• Peter
• Philemon
• Pontius Pilate
• Rachel[?]
• Rebekah[?]
• Ruth
• Sarah aka Sarai
• Shadrach[?] aka Hananiah
• Solomon
• Timothy
• Apostle Titus
• Veronica

Priests

• Aaron
• Caiaphas[?]
• Ehimelech[?]
• Eli[?]
• Jeshua[?]

Prophets

• Agabus
• Anna[?]
• Amos
• Aaron
• Daniel
• Deborah[?]
• Elijah
• Elisha
• Ezekiel
• Hosea
• Isaiah
• Jeremiah (prophet)
• Joel
• Jonah
• Habakkuk
• Haggai
• Hosea
• Malachi
• Micah
• Miriam[?]
• Moses
• Nahum
• Nehemiah
• Nathan[?]
• Obadiah
• Samuel
• Zechariah
• Zephaniah

Apostles of Jesus

• Simon Peter
• Andrew (Simon's brother)
• James son of Zebedee
• John son of Zebedee (aka John the Evangelist)
• Philip[?]
• Bartholomew
• Thomas
• Matthew
• James son of Alphaeus[?]
• Judas son of James[?] (aka Thaddeus or Judas Lebbaeus)
• Simon the Zealot[?]
• Judas Iscariot (the traitor)

Sources: Matthew 10:2-4, Mark 3:16-19, Luke 6:14-16, Acts 1:13 (http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?Matthew+10:2-4;Mark+3:16-19;Luke+6:14-16;Acts+1:13)

• Additionally, Paul is a self-described apostle. Sources: Rom 1:1, 1 Cor 1:1, 2 Cor 1:1, Gal 1:1, Eph 1:1, Col 1:1, 1 Tim 1:1, 2 Tim 1:1, and Titus 1:1 (http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?Rom+1:1;1Cor+1:1;2Cor+1:1;Gal+1:1;Eph+1:1;Col+1:1;1Tim+1:1;2Tim+1:1;Titus+1:1)

• Finally, Matthias is often forgotten. He is the apostle who replaced Judas Iscariot. Source: Acts 1:15-26 (http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?Acts+1:15-26)

See also: "The twelve disciples and the women who followed Jesus" (http://www.bibletexts.com/glossary/thetwelve.htm), Copyright 1999-2001 Robert N. Cramer. TBD: maybe a Wikipedian chould contact Mr. Cramer about putting his writeup into the public domain. It's very thorough and would make an excellent contribution to the Wikipedia.
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