A Basic Dictionary of Bible PeopleBible people are included here by their main groupings: prophets, kings, patriarchs, judges, apostles, the friends of Jesus, figures in the early church, people whom Jesus healed, children in the Bible, and the unnamed figures - like the woman at the well or the rich young ruler - who recieved a special revelation. |
Contents
Dictionary of Bible People | 13 |
List of Diagrams | 21 |
Descent of Abraham | 112 |
Family of Abraham | 113 |
Children of Israel | 114 |
Tree of the Tribe of Levi | 115 |
Map of the Fertile Crescent | 116 |
Map of Canaan | 117 |
Family of John the Baptist | 124 |
Brothers of Jesus | 125 |
Disciples of Jesus | 126 |
Evangelists and Their Sources | 127 |
Broad Outline of Parallel Histories 20001500 BC | 128 |
Broad Outline of Parallel Histories 15001000 BC | 130 |
Broad Outline of Parallel Histories 1000900 BC | 132 |
Broad Outline of Parallel Histories 900800 BC | 134 |
The Route of the Exodus | 118 |
Tribal Lands of Israel | 119 |
The Mediterranean in the First Century AD | 120 |
The Holy Land in the First Century AD | 122 |
Part of the Tree of Herod the Great | 123 |
Broad Outline of Parallel Histories 800700 BC | 136 |
Broad Outline of Parallel Histories 700600 BC | 138 |
Broad Outline of Parallel Histories 600500 BC | 140 |
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Common terms and phrases
Acquaintances of Jesus Acts Agrippa Ahab Amorites ancestor Apostles Aram Arameans Assyria Babylon Babylonian Bible Broad Parallel Histories Brothers of Jesus Canaan Canaanites century BC Children of Israel Christian Cyrus defeated descendants Descent of Abraham Diagram Map Diagrams Children Diagrams Descent Disciples of Jesus dynasty Edom Edomites Egypt Empire Ephraim Evangelists Exodus Ezra Family of Abraham father Fertile Crescent Friends Genesis Gospel Greek Habiru Hebrews Herod High Priests Hittites Hurrians Hyksos Isaiah Iscariot Israelites Jacob James Jehoram Jeroboam Jerusalem Jews Joash John the Baptist Joseph Joshua Judas Judea Judges Kingdom of Israel Kingdom of Judah Lands of Israel Leah Letter Writers Lord Luke Maccabees Manasseh Mary Matthew Mesopotamia Messiah mother Noah Numbers Old Testament Palestine Paul Persian Pharisees Philip Philistines Priests and High probably Prophets reigned Relations and Acquaintances Roman Salome Samaria Samuel Saul Solomon sons sons of Zebedee story temple Tribal Lands tribes of Israel twelve wilderness Zebedee