The Tanakh or Old Testament, also known as the Hebrew Bible, includes the Torah or Pentateuch, the Nevi'im or Prophets, the Ketuvim or Writings, and certain books of Apocrypha. The characters from these texts are revered by Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, and to a lesser extent by other religions.
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- Aaron
- Abel
- Abigail
- Abraham
- Absalom
- Achitophel
- Adam
- Ahab
- Amos
- Asher
- Balaam
- Barak
- Baruch
- Bathsheba
- Benjamin
- Bezalel
- Boaz
- Cain
- Caleb
- Chava
- Dan
- Daniel
- David
- Deborah
- Delilah
- Dinah
- Eli
- Elijah
- Elisha
- Enoch
- Ephraim
- Esau
- Esther
- Eve
- Ezekiel
- Ezra
- Gad
- Gideon
- Goliath
- Habakkuk
- Hagar
- Haggai
- Ham
- Haman
- Hannah
- Hezekiah
- Hobab
- Hosea
- Huldah
- Idris
- Isaac
- Isaiah
- Ishmael
- Issachar
- Jacob
- Jael
- Japheth
- Jeremiah
- Jethro
- Jezebel
- Job
- Jocheved
- Joel
- Jonah
- Jonathan
- Joseph
- Joshua
- Judah
- Judith
- Korah
- Laban
- Leah
- Levi
- Lilith
- Lot
- Maccabee, Judah
- Malachi
- Manasseh
- Mara
- Methuselah
- Micah
- Michal
- Miriam
- Mordecai
- Moses
- Nahum
- Naomi
- Naphtali
- Nathan
- Nebuchadnezzar
- Nehemiah
- Nimrod
- Noah
- Obadiah
- Orpah
- Rachel
- Rahab
- Rebecca
- Rehoboam
- Reuben
- Ruth
- Samson
- Samuel
- Sarah
- Saul
- Serah
- Sheba, Queen of
- Shem
- Shifrah and Puah
- Simeon
- Solomon
- Terah
- Zebulun
- Zechariah
- Zephaniah
- Zipporah
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- The Major Prophets Profiles of the most important Hebrew prophets, with various groups' religious beliefs about them.
- Moses, Aaron and Miriam Biblical, Talmudic, and traditional Jewish stories about the visionary siblings' lives.
- Judges of Israel Listing of the fifteen biblical Judges, with links to the verses pertaining to each.