Editing List of major biblical figures

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The [[Bible]] is a collection of [[Biblical canon|canonical sacred text]]s of [[Judaism]] and [[Christianity]]. Different religious groups include different books within their canons, in different orders, and sometimes divide or combine books, or incorporate [[Books of the Bible#Intertestamental books|additional material]] into canonical books. Christian Bibles range from the sixty-six books of the [[Protestantism|Protestant]] canon to the eighty-one books of the [[Ethiopian Orthodox Church]] canon.

==Hebrew Bible==
{{Adam to David|state=expanded}}
*[[Tubal-cain]]

===Prophets===
{{Prophets of the Tanakh|state=expanded|categories=no}}
*[[Samuel]]
*[[Enoch]]

===Kings===
{{Rulers of Ancient Israel|state=expanded|categories=no}}
*[[David]]
*[[Solomon]]

===Priests===
* [[Aaron]]
* [[Eleazar]]
* [[Eli (Judges)|Eli]]
* [[Phinehas]]

===Tribes of Israel===
According to the [[Book of Genesis]], the [[Israelites]] were descendants of the sons of [[Jacob]], who was renamed Israel after [[Jacob wrestling with the angel|wrestling with an angel]]. His twelve male children [[myth of origin|become the ancestors]] of the [[Twelve Tribes of Israel]].

* [[Tribe of Asher|Asher]]
* [[Tribe of Benjamin|Benjamin]]
* [[Tribe of Dan|Dan]]
* [[Tribe of Gad|Gad]]
* [[Tribe of Issachar|Issachar]]
* [[Tribe of Joseph|Joseph]], which was split into two tribes descended from his sons:
** [[Tribe of Ephraim]]
** [[Tribe of Manasseh]]
* [[Tribe of Judah|Judah]]
* [[Tribe of Levi|Levi]]
* [[Tribe of Naphtali|Naphtali]]
* [[Tribe of Reuben|Reuben]]
* [[Tribe of Simeon|Simeon]]
* [[Tribe of Zebulun|Zebulun]]

==Deuterocanon==
{{Main|Category:People in the deuterocanonical books}}
===Maccabees===
*[[Eleazar Avaran]]
*[[John Gaddi]]
*[[John Hyrcanus]]
*[[Jonathan Apphus]]
*[[Judas Maccabeus]]
*[[Mattathias]]
*[[Simon Thassi]]
===Greek rulers===
*[[Alexander the Great]]<ref>[http://bible.oremus.org/?passage=1+Maccabees+1:1%E2%80%931:1&version=nrsvae 1 Macc. 1:1], [http://bible.oremus.org/?passage=1+Maccabees+6:2%E2%80%936:2&version=nrsvae 1 Macc. 6:2] [http://bible.oremus.org/?passage=1+Maccabees+1:10%E2%80%931:10&version=nrsvae1 Macc. 1:10]</ref>
*[[Antiochus III the Great]]
*[[Antiochus IV Epiphanes]]
*[[Philip II of Macedon]]
===Persian rulers===
*[[Astyages]]
*[[Darius III]]
===Others===
*[[Baruch ben Neriah|Baruch]]
*[[Tobit of Nineveh|Tobit]]
*[[Judith]]
*[[Susanna (Book of Daniel)|Susanna]]

==New Testament==
{{New Testament people|expanded}}

===Jesus and his relatives===
{{Adam to Jesus}}
* [[Jesus Christ]]
* [[Mary, mother of Jesus]]
* [[Saint Joseph|Joseph]]
* [[Brothers of Jesus]]
** [[James, brother of Jesus|James]] (often identified with James, son of Alphaeus)
** [[Joses, brother of Jesus|Joseph (Joses)]]
** [[Jude, brother of Jesus|Judas (Jude)]] (often identified with Thaddeus)
** [[Simon, brother of Jesus|Simon]]
* [[Mary of Clopas]]
* [[Cleopas]] (often identified with [[Alphaeus]] and [[Clopas]])

===Apostles of Jesus===
{{Main|Apostles#List of the Twelve Apostles as identified by the Bible}}
The Thirteen:<ref>[http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?Matthew+10:2-4;Mark+3:16-19;Luke+6:14-16;Acts+1:13 Matthew 10:2-4, Mark 3:16-19, Luke 6:14-16, Acts 1:13]</ref>
* [[Saint Peter|Peter]] (a.k.a. Simon or Cephas)
* [[Saint Andrew|Andrew]] (Simon Peter's brother)
* [[Saint James the Great|James, son of Zebedee]]
* [[John the Apostle|John]], son of Zebedee
* [[Philip the Apostle|Philip]]
* [[Bartholomew]]  also known as "[[Nathanael (follower of Jesus)|Nathanael]]"
* [[Thomas (apostle)|Thomas]] also known as "Doubting Thomas"
* [[Matthew the Evangelist|Matthew]] also known as "Levi"
* [[James, son of Alphaeus]]
* [[Saint Jude|Judas, son of James]] (a.k.a. Thaddeus or Lebbaeus)
* [[Simon the Zealot]]
* [[Judas Iscariot]] (the traitor)
* [[Saint Matthias|Matthias]]<ref>Matthias is the apostle who replaced Judas Iscariot. [http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?Acts+1:15-26 Acts 1:15-26]</ref>

Others:
* [[Paul the Apostle|Paul]]<ref>Paul is a self-described apostle.[http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?Rom+1:1;1Cor+1:1;2Cor+1:1;Gal+1:1;Eph+1:1;Col+1:1;1Tim+1:1;2Tim+1:1;Titus+1:1 Rom 1:1, 1 Cor 1:1, 2 Cor 1:1, Gal 1:1, Eph 1:1, Col 1:1, 1 Tim 1:1, 2 Tim 1:1, and Titus 1:1]</ref>
* [[Barnabas]]<ref>Described as an apostle alongside Paul; see Acts 14:14; Gal 2:9; 1 Cor 9:5-6.</ref>
* [[Mary Magdalene]] (the one who discovered Jesus' empty tomb)

===Priests===
* [[Caiaphas]], high priest
* [[Annas]], first high priest of [[Roman Judea]]
* [[Zechariah (priest)|Zechariah]], father of John the Baptist

===Prophets===
* [[Agabus]]
* [[Anna (Bible)|Anna]]
* [[Simeon (Gospel of Luke)|Simeon]]
* [[John the Baptist]]

===Other believers===

* [[Apollos]]
* [[Priscilla and Aquila|Aquila]]
* [[Dionysius the Areopagite]]
* [[Epaphras]], fellow prisoner of Paul,<ref>{{bibleref|Philemon|1:23|NIV}}</ref> fellow worker<ref>{{bibleref|Colossians|4:12-13|NIV}}</ref>
* [[John Mark]] (often identified with Mark)
* [[Joseph of Arimathea]]
* [[Lazarus of Bethany|Lazarus]]
* [[Luke the Evangelist|Luke]]
* [[Mark the Evangelist|Mark]]
* [[Martha]]
* [[Mary Magdalene]]
* [[Mary, sister of Martha]]
* [[Nicodemus]]
* [[Onesimus]]
* [[Philemon of Colossae|Philemon]]
* [[Priscilla (Christian)|Priscilla]]
* [[Silas]]
* [[Sopater]]
* [[Saint Stephen|Stephen]], first martyr
* [[Saint Timothy|Timothy]]
* [[Saint Titus|Titus]]

===Secular rulers===
{{See also|Herod (disambiguation){{!}}Herod}}
* [[Herod Agrippa I]], called "King Herod" or "Herod" in Acts 12
* [[Antonius Felix|Felix]] governor of Judea who was present at the trial of Paul, and his wife [[Drusilla (daughter of Herod Agrippa I)|Drusilla]] in Acts 24:24
* [[Herod Agrippa II]], king over several territories, before whom Paul made his defense in Acts 26.
* [[Herod Antipas]], called "Herod the Tetrarch" or "Herod" in the [[Canonical gospels|Gospels]] and in Acts 4:27
* [[Herodias]]
* [[Herod the Great]]
* [[Philip the Tetrarch]]
* [[Pontius Pilate]]
* [[Salome|Salome, the daughter of Herodias]]
* [[Quirinius]]
====Roman Emperors====
* [[Augustus]]
* [[Tiberius]]
* [[Claudius]]

==See also==
{{Portal|Christianity|Judaism|Bible}}
* [[List of biblical names]]
* [[List of burial places of biblical figures]]
* [[List of Jewish biblical figures]]
* [[List of minor biblical figures, A–K]]
* [[List of minor biblical figures, L–Z]]
* [[List of minor New Testament figures]]

==References==
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