Biblical Character
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Historical Figure
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Biblical Sources
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Historical Sources
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Saul
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Alexander
the Great
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The Elders of Israel
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Isocrates
(representing Panhellenists, generally)
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David
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Ptolemy I
Soter
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Abner
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Antipater
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Ish-bosheth
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Perdiccas
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Rechab
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Peithon
or Antigenes
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Baanah
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Antigenes
or Peithon
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Solomon
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Ptolemy
II Philadelphus
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Bathsheba
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Berenice
I of Egypt
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Uriah
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Phillip
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Wikipedia (poss.)
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Abiathar
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Demetrius
of Phalerum
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1 Sam.
22:20-23; 23:6
1 Kings
2:26, 4:4, 7, 19, 25
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Adonijah
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Ptolemy
Ceraunus
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Wikipedia
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Daughter of Pharaoh
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Arsinoe
II
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Mapping Biblical Characters to Hellenistic Figures
For the sake of brevity and ease of use, I have elected to link to Wikipedia. I will update entries in the Biblical Sources column to include biblical citations in all cases.
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What about Aristotle? With students like Alexander and Ptolemy I, surely Aristotle played an integral part in shaping their world outlook and therefore would have a biblical character?
ReplyDeleteI was not attempting to identify all parallels with historical Hellenistic figures, just the ones whose stories are most clearly tracked in the Old Testament. I have identified biblical characters who correspond to both Aristotle and Plato (and Plato's nephew), but I have not listed them here (yet).
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