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Caleb (/ ˈ k eɪ l ə b / KAY-ləb; Hebrew: כָּלֵב, Tiberian vocalization: Kālēḇ, Modern Israeli Hebrew: Kalév) is a figure who appears in the Hebrew Bible as a representative of the Tribe of Judah during the Israelites' journey to the Promised Land.
The central figure in this 1876 illustration of the courtroom in the Salem witch trials is usually identified as Mary Walcott, one of the accusers. Surnames in parentheses preceded by " née " indicate birth family maiden names (if known) of married women, who upon marriage generally took their husbands' surnames.
The name is formed in parallel with Adoni-ṣedeq אדני־צדק , also a king of Salem, mentioned in Joshua 10:1–3, [11] where the element malik ('king') is replaced by adon ('lord'). [b] Parallel theophoric names, with Sedeq replaced by Yahu, are those of Malchijah and Adonijah, both biblical characters placed in the time of David. [12]
Melchizedek and his brother Melchi are the only sons of the pagan king of Salem, Melchi, son of Salaad and grandson of Queen Salem. Their mother is also named Salem. Their mother is also named Salem. One day, the king orders Melchizedek to fetch some cattle to sacrifice to idols in the temple of the Twelve Gods.
A medieval legendary account had Mary Magdalene, Mary of Jacob and Mary Salome, [10] Mark's Three Marys at the Tomb, or Mary Magdalene, Mary of Cleopas and Mary Salome, [11] with Saint Sarah, the maid of one of them, as part of a group who landed near Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer in Provence after a voyage from the Holy Land.
[3]: 218 [4]: 49 Among the named women (and some are left anonymous), Mary Magdalene is present in all four Gospel accounts, and Mary the mother of James is present in all three synoptics; however, variations exist in the lists of each Gospel concerning the women present at the death, entombment, and discovery. For example, Mark names three ...
The gospels also suggest that he was the husband of Salome; whereas Mark 15:40 names the women present at the crucifixion as "Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and of Joses, and Salome," the parallel passage in Matthew 27:56 has "Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of Zebedee's children."
The Gospel of John [269] emphasizes the special role of Mary Magdalene. She is the first to meet the Risen Christ. [...] Hence she came to be called "the apostle of the Apostles". Mary Magdalene was the first eyewitness of the Risen Christ, and for this reason she was also the first to bear witness to him before the Apostles.