Biblical  Era Characters

When I began to incorporate Joshua's family, friends, and contemporaries into Dyeland stories; I knew I wanted to use Aramaic and Hebrew names as much as possible.  I used the Aramaic Bible on BibleHub.com for many of them.  The list below has the names most commonly used by English speakers in the first column and the Dyeland story character names in the second column.  Just because a name appears in Column 2 doesn't automatically mean it's the "correct" name.  We simply can't be sure.  Then, too, I tweaked some based on other sources or to avoid confusion (i.e. Mary Magdalene could have went by Maryam but I kept Mary since I was already using Maryam).  Anyhow, the list is sorted alphabetically by the commonly used name for the most part.  This list also includes people who are not named in the Bible but are mentioned in the Dyeland stories (i.e. Yosef's mother, apostles' wives) and people who are completely made up (assorted neighbors in Nazareth, for example).  I also went ahead and listed all of the apostles even though some have only been spoken of as a unit ("the guys," "the apostles," "the Twelve").

Abraham
Abraham
Adulteress
(who Jesus saved from being stoned)
Mara
Alphaeus (father of James)
Halphai
Andrew the Apostle
Andreas
Annas the high priest Khanan
Anne (Mary's mother)
Hannah
Bartholomew the Apostle
Bar Tolmay
Caiaphas the high priest
Qaiapha
Elizabeth (John's mother)
Elizabeth
Archangel Gabriel
Gabe
Inn keeper (Bethlehem)
Elihu
Inn keeper's wife (Bethlehem) Shiphrah
Jacob (Joseph's father)
Yaqob
James the Apostle/son of Zebedee
Yaqob ben Zebedee
James (brother/cousin of Jesus)
Yaqob- Yosef's nephew
James the Apostle/son of Alphaeus
Yaqob ben Halphi
James' (son of Alphaeus) wife
Tabitha
Jesus Christ Joshua Davidson/Yeshua ben Yosef/Jack
Jesus' sister/cousin
Leah- Yosef's niece
Jesus' sister/cousin Yael- Yosef's niece
Joachim (Mary's father)
Yehoyakim
Joanna (disciple)
Yohanna/Joanna
John the Apostle
Yohannan ben Zebedee
John the Baptist Yohannan ben Zakharia/John Aaronson
Joseph of Nazareth Yosef ben Yaqob (Davidson)
Joseph/Joses
(brother/cousin of Jesus)
Yosef- Yosef's nephew/namesake
Joseph of Arimathea Yoseph
Joseph's mother Samiya
Joseph's brother Matthan
Judas (brother/cousin of Jesus) Yehuda- Yosef's nephew
Judas Iscariot
Yehuda Skariota
Mary Magdalene
Mary of Magdala
Mary of Nazareth Maryam (Davidson)
Mary's donkey
Yoktan
Mary, Wife of Clopas
Yoninah (Maryam), Yosef's sister
Matthew the Apostle
Mattay
Archangel Michael
Michael
Midwife to Mary
Sarai
Midwife to Mary Irit
Philip the Apostle
Philippus
Nazarene
Adah- sister of Abigail, grew up with Yeshua
Nazarene
Abigail- sister of Adah, grew up with Yeshua
Nazarene
Isaaq- village clown, so to speak
Nazarene Daniel- Yeshua's bully
Nazarene
Tavi- Daniel's father, wanted to stone Maryam
Pontius Pilate's wife
Claudia
Simon (brother/cousin of Jesus) Shimeon-Yosef's nephew
Simon the Zealot/Apostle
Shimeon
Simon the Zealot's wife
Sophia
Simon Peter the Apostle
Cephas (Shimeon, originally)
Simon Peter's wife
Rakhyl
Susanna (disciple)
Shushan/Susanna
Thaddeus/Jude the Apostle
Yehuda ben Yaqob/Jude
Thaddeus'/Jude's wife
Rebekah
Thomas the Apostle
Thoma
Jemima, Mary's daughter
Yemimah
Zechariah (John's father)
Zakharia

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