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ID: 901001914
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901001914
Record Type: Character/Person

Benjamin (Old Testament character)

Note: In the Old Testament, the second and last son of Rachel and Jacob; his mother died in childbirth.

Names:
Benjamin (Old Testament character) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
Benjamin, Son of Jacob (Old Testament character) (English,U,N)
Binyamin (Old Testament character) (undetermined,U,N)

Hierarchical Position:
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
....<Old Testament iconography> (P)
........<Old Testament characters> (P)
............Benjamin (Old Testament character) (I)
Related Iconography:
child of .... Jacob
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Old Testament iconography, Old Testament characters, Jacob (Old Testament character)) [901000501]
child of .... Rachel
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Old Testament iconography, Old Testament characters, Rachel (Old Testament character)) [901001913]
sibling of .... Joseph, son of Jacob
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Old Testament iconography, Old Testament characters, Joseph, son of Jacob (Old Testament character)) [901000525]

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:
Benjamin (Old Testament character)
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) n 2007088114
................Iconclass Illustrated Edition (2022-) in 71C32362 birth of Benjamin
Benjamin, Son of Jacob (Old Testament character)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
Binyamin (Old Testament character)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
Iconography Record Sources:
................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) "Benjamin," accessed 30 June 2017
................ Catholic Encyclopedia [online], republished from 1913 edition (2003-)

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