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ID: 901000420
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901000420
Record Type: Character/Person

Jotham (Old Testament character)

Note: An ancestor of Christ depicted in the Tree of Jesse. Son of the king Uzziah; when the king was immediately stricken with leprosy, Jotham ruled for his father until Uzziah died.

Names:
Jotham (Old Testament character) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
Jotham (Old Testament character) (Dutch-P,D,N)
Joatham (Old Testament character) (Dutch,U,N)
Joatham (Old Testament character) (English,U,N)

Hierarchical Position:
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
....<Old Testament iconography> (P)
........<Old Testament characters> (P)
............Jotham (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]
child of .... Uzziah, King of Judah
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Old Testament iconography, Old Testament characters, Uzziah, King of Judah (Old Testament character)) [901000419]

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)

Sources:
Jotham (Old Testament character)
................Rijksmuseum [online] (2000-) accessed 13 September 2012
................Iconclass Illustrated Edition (2022-) in 71L222 Jotham defeats the Ammonites
Joatham (Old Testament character)
................Rijksmuseum [online] (2000-) accessed 13 September 2012
Iconography Record Sources:
................ Rijksmuseum [online] (2000-) accessed 13 September 2012
................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) in "Uzziah," accessed 30 June 2017

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