ID: 901000416 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901000416	Record Type: Character/Person

	Asa (Old Testament character)

Note: An ancestor of Christ depicted in the Tree of Jesse. Old Testament king credited with a general purge, including the destruction of an image made for the goddess Asherah.

Display Date: reigned ca. 908-867 BCE

Names:

	Asa (Old Testament character) (preferred,English)
	Asa (Old Testament character) (Dutch)

Hierarchical Position:

		Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
		....<Old Testament iconography> (P)
		........<Old Testament characters> (P)
		............Asa (Old Testament character) (I)

Related Iconography:

	associated with .... Tree of Jesse
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Christian iconography, Christian allegory, symbolism, theme, Themes surrounding Jesus Christ, Tree of Jesse (Christian theme)) [901000411]

	parent of .... Jehosaphat, King of Judah
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Old Testament iconography, Old Testament characters, Jehosaphat, King of Judah (Old Testament character)) [901000417]

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... religious character
	.....(characters (people by activity), people by activity, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	culture/religion is .... Old Testament (culture or period)
	.....(Ancient Middle Eastern, Near Eastern (Early Western World), Early Western World, styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	role/characteristic is .... king (person)
	.....(monarchs, rulers (people), people in administration and government, people by occupation, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:

	Asa (Old Testament character)
	................Rijksmuseum [online] (2000-) accessed 13 September 2012
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Rijksmuseum [online] (2000-) accessed 13 September 2012
	................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) in "Judaism," accessed 29 June 2017