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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. 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 ...

  4. 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 ...

  5. Biblical literalist chronology - Wikipedia

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    The creation of a literalist chronology of the Bible faces several hurdles, of which the following are the most significant: . There are different texts of the Jewish Bible, the major text-families being: the Septuagint, a Greek translation of the original Hebrew scriptures made in the last few centuries before Christ; the Masoretic text, a version of the Hebrew text curated by the Jewish ...

  6. Biblical names in their native languages - Wikipedia

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    (named after Judah, the son of Jacob and Leah) Nation 930 BC: 586 BC: Judah: Paleo-Hebrew: 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤃𐤄‎‎ Pronunciation: Yuh-how-wuh-duh Judah Maccabee (son of Mattathias ben Johanan) Person 190 BC: 160 BC: Judah: Hebrew: יהודה Pronunciation: Yehudaw Judah Maccabee: Hebrew: יהודה המכבי Pronunciation: Yehudaw Haw-maw ...

  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. Genealogy of Jesus - Wikipedia

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    Two Talmudic-era texts referring to a "Jesus, son of Pantera (Pandera)" are Tosefta Hullin 2:22f: "Jacob… came to heal him in the name of Jesus son of Pantera" and Qohelet Rabbah 1:8(3): "Jacob… came to heal him in the name of Jesus son of Pandera" and some editions of the Jerusalem Talmud also specifically name Jesus as the son of Pandera ...

  9. 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