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Moses and the Ten Commandments
Moses
Hebrew prophet
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Nebuchadnezzar II
king of Babylonia
Sir Flinders Petrie, detail of an oil painting by George Frederic Watts, 1900; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
Sir Flinders Petrie
British archaeologist
József Molnár: The March of Abraham
Abraham
Hebrew patriarch
The Construction of the Tower of Babel
Nimrod
biblical figure
St. Stephen being stoned to death
St. Stephen
Christian martyr
Ehud Olmert
Ehud Olmert
prime minister of Israel
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
Thomas Ball: Saint John the Evangelist
St. John the Apostle
Christian Apostle
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Teddy Kollek
Israeli politician
David slays Goliath
Goliath
biblical figure
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Elijah
Hebrew prophet
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Eliezer Sukenik
Israeli archaeologist
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
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
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
The prophet Isaiah
Isaiah
Hebrew prophet
Aaron, detail of a 3rd-century fresco from the synagogue at Doura-Europus, Syria; in the National Museum, Damascus
Aaron
biblical figure
Samuel
Samuel
Hebrew prophet

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