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  2. List of biblical figures identified in extra-biblical sources

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    Timeline showing the kings of Israel and Judah according to the chronology from Edwin R. Thiele. Kings that are known from contemporary extra-biblical sources are highlighted in yellow. Tentatively identified kings are highlighted in orange. Amariah son of Hezekiah, an ancestor of the prophet Zephaniah mentioned in the genealogy of Zephaniah 1: ...

  3. Luke the Evangelist - Wikipedia

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    Whether Luke was a Jew or gentile, or something in between, it is clear from the quality of the Greek language used in Luke-Acts that the author, held in Christian tradition to be Luke, was one of the most highly educated of the authors of the New Testament. The author's conscious and intentional allusions and references to, and quotations of ...

  4. List of major biblical figures - Wikipedia

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    According to the Book of Genesis, the Israelites were descendants of the sons of Jacob, who was renamed Israel after wrestling with an angel. His twelve male children become the ancestors of the Twelve Tribes of Israel. Asher; Benjamin; Dan; Gad; Issachar; Joseph, which was split into two tribes descended from his sons: Tribe of Ephraim; Tribe ...

  5. Timeline of Jewish history - Wikipedia

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    Interactive, searchable, filterable Jewish history timeline from the Gannopedia – Timeline from Abraham to the end of the Talmud i.e. 500 CE. Timeline for the History of Judaism; The History of the Jewish People The Jewish Agency; The Avalon Project at Yale Law School The Middle East 1916–2001: A Documentary Record

  6. Biblical names in their native languages - Wikipedia

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    (This is the biblical birthplace of Jesus Christ. However some scholars believe he was born in Nazareth. See the main article for more information.) Village 1400 BC: Village name during the kingdoms of Israel, Judah until the Siege of Jerusalem (930 BC to 587 BC): Paleo-Hebrew: ๐ค๐ค‰๐ค•๐ค‹๐ค„๐คŒ [1] [2] Pronunciation: Bayawt Lahawm

  7. Genealogies in the Bible - Wikipedia

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    The New Testament provides two accounts of the genealogy of Jesus, one in the Gospel of Matthew and another in the Gospel of Luke. [6] [non-primary source needed] Matthew starts with Abraham, while Luke begins with Adam.{Luke 3:23-38} The lists are identical between Abraham and David but differ radically from that point.

  8. The Mysterious Numbers of the Hebrew Kings - Wikipedia

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    The Mysterious Numbers of the Hebrew Kings (1951) [1] is a reconstruction of the chronology of the kingdoms of Israel and Judah by Edwin R. Thiele. The book was originally his doctoral dissertation and is widely regarded as the definitive work on the chronology of Hebrew Kings . [ 2 ]

  9. New Testament people named Judas or Jude - Wikipedia

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    The names Judas and Jude, both derived from the Greek แผธοฯδας (Ioúdas), itself derived from the Hebrew name Judah (ื™ื”ื•ื“ื”, Y e hûdâh, Hebrew for "God is thanked") together appear 36 times in the New Testament. [3] Judas was a very common given name in the historical period and region of Jesus, due to the renowned hero Judas Maccabeus.