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  2. List of major biblical figures - Wikipedia

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    The Bible is a collection of canonical sacred texts of Judaism and Christianity.Different religious groups include different books within their canons, in different orders, and sometimes divide or combine books, or incorporate additional material into canonical books.

  3. Category:Bible-related lists of people - Wikipedia

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    Upload file; Search. Search. Appearance. Donate; ... Download as PDF; Printable version; ... List of minor Hebrew Bible figures, L–Z; List of names for the biblical ...

  4. Category:Biblical people - Wikipedia

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    Category:Biblical people includes including real people, fictional characters, mythological, legendary and supernatural characters, mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, the Deuterocanonical books, and the New Testament

  5. Tropological reading - Wikipedia

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    The Greek word τρόπος had already been borrowed into Classical Latin as tropus, meaning 'figure of speech', and the Latinised form of τροπολογία, tropologia, is found already in the fourth-century writing of Jerome in the sense 'figurative language', and by the fifth century in sense 'moral interpretation'.

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

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    These are biblical figures unambiguously identified in contemporary sources according to scholarly consensus.Biblical figures that are identified in artifacts of questionable authenticity, for example the Jehoash Inscription and the bullae of Baruch ben Neriah, or who are mentioned in ancient but non-contemporary documents, such as David and Balaam, [n 1] are excluded from this list.

  7. Christ figure - Wikipedia

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    A Christ figure, also known as a Christ-Image, is a literary technique that the author uses to draw allusions between their characters and the biblical Jesus.More loosely, the Christ figure is a spiritual or prophetic character who parallels Jesus, or other spiritual or prophetic figures.

  8. List of biblical names - Wikipedia

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    The titles given to characters, locations, and entities in the Bible can differ across various English translations. In a study conducted by the BibleAsk team in 2024, a comprehensive catalog of names found in the King James Version was compiled and organized into categories such as individuals, geographical locations, national groups, and ...

  9. List of minor Hebrew Bible figures, A–K - Wikipedia

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    See also References A Abagtha See also: Abagtha Abagtha (Hebrew אֲבַגְתָא) was a court official or eunuch of king Ahasuerus who was commanded along with 6 other officials to parade queen Vashti to go before the king. (Esther 1:10) Abda See also: Abda (biblical figure) The name Abda (Hebrew עַבְדָּא) means servant, or perhaps is an abbreviated form of servant of YHWH. There are ...