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ID: 901002202
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002202
Record Type: Character/Person

Ishmael (Abrahamic religion character)

Note: Character from the Book of Genesis, the Tanakh and the Quran. Child of Abraham by Hagar, the handmaid of Abraham's wife, Sarah. Sarah was barren and had given Hagar to Abraham in order for him to have a son. But when Sarah later had a son, Isaac, Hagar and Ishmael were banished. Ishmael went on to have 12 sons who were chieftans of the region. Ishmael was the ancestor of the Ishmaelites and patriarch of Qaydār.

Names:
Ishmael (Abrahamic religion character) (preferred,English-P,D)

Hierarchical Position:
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
....<Old Testament iconography> (P)
........<Old Testament characters> (P)
............Ishmael (Abrahamic religion character) (I)
Related Iconography:
is actor for .... Story of Ishmael and Hagar
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Old Testament iconography, Old Testament narratives, Story of Ishmael and Hagar (Old Testament narrative)) [901002199]
related to .... Isaac
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Old Testament iconography, Old Testament characters, Isaac (Old Testament character)) [901000952]
child of .... Abraham
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Old Testament iconography, Old Testament characters, Abraham (Old Testament character)) [901000475]
child of .... Hagar
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Old Testament iconography, Old Testament characters, Hagar (Old Testament character)) [901002201]

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

Sources:
Ishmael (Abrahamic religion character)
................Catholic Encyclopedia [online], republished from 1913 edition (2003-)
................Iconclass Illustrated Edition (2022-) 71C1282 Abraham provides Hagar and Ishmael with bread and a jug of water
Iconography Record Sources:
................ National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. [online] (2001-)
................ Catholic Encyclopedia [online], republished from 1913 edition (2003-)
................ Iconclass Illustrated Edition (2022-) as in 71C1282 Abraham provides Hagar and Ishmael with bread and a jug of water

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