Elijah: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Elia • Elias • Eliyyahu
Flourished	c.900 BCE - c.801 BCE
Subjects Of Study	Judaism

Moses and the Ten Commandments

Moses

Hebrew prophet

Painting by Rembrandt van Rijn showing Jeremiah sitting in a dimly lit cave, head resting on his hand in sorrow, with Jerusalem burning in the background.

Jeremiah

Hebrew prophet

József Molnár: The March of Abraham

Abraham

Hebrew patriarch

The Construction of the Tower of Babel

Nimrod

biblical figure

Samuel

Samuel

Hebrew prophet

Ezekiel

Hebrew prophet

Jacob

Jacob

Hebrew patriarch

Samson, muscular and draped in a patterned cloth, pushes apart two large pillars as a young man clings to him, with onlookers reacting in the background.

Samson

biblical figure

Doré, Gustave: Deborah's Song of Triumph

Deborah

biblical figure

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Elisha

Hebrew prophet

David slays Goliath

Goliath

biblical figure

Painting by James Jacques Joseph Tissot showing Joshua in ancient armor, raising his arm and shield, with an army and battlefield in the background.

Joshua

Hebrew leader

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Zephaniah

Hebrew prophet

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Zechariah

Hebrew prophet

Gilded bronze relief panel by Lorenzo Ghiberti shows Isaac, Jacob, and Esau in an architectural setting, with multiple figures and intricate detail, from the Gates of Paradise in Florence.

Isaac

Hebrew patriarch

The prophet Isaiah

Isaiah

Hebrew prophet

Geertgen tot Sint Jans: John the Baptist in the Wilderness

St. John the Baptist

Jewish prophet and Christian saint

Jonah and the Whale

Jonah

biblical figure

Amos

Amos

Hebrew prophet

Aaron, detail of a 3rd-century fresco from the synagogue at Doura-Europus, Syria; in the National Museum, Damascus

Aaron

biblical figure