Book Characters for UUFS
Characters within the books in UUFS's library
Summary: 395 Characters.
Aaron Douglas
Aaron, brother of Moses
- HarperCollins Study Bible: New Revised Standard Version (with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books) by Wayne A. Meeks ( 23 | 7:7 | Leviticus 8-10)
Abba "God the Father"
- HarperCollins Study Bible: New Revised Standard Version (with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books) by Wayne A. Meeks ( Romans 8:15 | Galatians 4:6)
Abba Poemon
Abednego, of the fiery furnace
- HarperCollins Study Bible: New Revised Standard Version (with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books) by Wayne A. Meeks (Daniel 3)
Abel, son of Adam and Eve, killed by Cain
- HarperCollins Study Bible: New Revised Standard Version (with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books) by Wayne A. Meeks (Genesis 4)
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham, father of Issac, husband of Sarai "Abram"
- HarperCollins Study Bible: New Revised Standard Version (with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books) by Wayne A. Meeks (Genesis 12-25)
Abuela
Adam, father of Cain, Abel
- HarperCollins Study Bible: New Revised Standard Version (with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books) by Wayne A. Meeks ( 2:7-8 | 15-25 | 3:1-24 | 4:1-2 | 25 | 5:1-5)
Addie Mae Collins
Ahab, King of Israel, 874-853
- HarperCollins Study Bible: New Revised Standard Version (with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books) by Wayne A. Meeks (1 Kings 16:29-22:40)
Alice Walker
Althea Gibson
Amos, writer of one of prophetic books in the Bible
- HarperCollins Study Bible: New Revised Standard Version (with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books) by Wayne A. Meeks (Amos 1-9)
Amy Stuart Wells
Ancient of Days, God
- HarperCollins Study Bible: New Revised Standard Version (with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books) by Wayne A. Meeks ( 13 | 22)
Andrew, the Apostle, Simon Peter's brother
- HarperCollins Study Bible: New Revised Standard Version (with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books) by Wayne A. Meeks ( 10:2 | Mark 1:16-18 | 3:16-19 | 13:3-4 | John 1:40-42 | 6:8-9)
Angel of the Lord, God
- HarperCollins Study Bible: New Revised Standard Version (with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books) by Wayne A. Meeks ( 22:11 | Judges 2:1 | 6:21-22 | 13:2-25 | 1 Kings 19:5-8 | 2 Kings 1:3 | 19:35 | Psalm 34:7 | Matthew 2:13-14 | 28:2-7 | Luke 2:9-14)
Anita Hill
Annas, high priest, questioned Jesus
- HarperCollins Study Bible: New Revised Standard Version (with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books) by Wayne A. Meeks (John 18:12-24)
Anne Lamott
Antichrist
- HarperCollins Study Bible: New Revised Standard Version (with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books) by Wayne A. Meeks ( 1 John 2:18-27 | 4:3 | 2 John 7)
Anwar el-Sadat
Apollos, of Alexandria
- HarperCollins Study Bible: New Revised Standard Version (with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books) by Wayne A. Meeks (Acts 18:24-28)
Aquila, husband of Pricilla
- HarperCollins Study Bible: New Revised Standard Version (with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books) by Wayne A. Meeks ( Romans 16:3-4 | 1 Corinthians 16:19)
Arvazine Angeline Cooper
Asaph, psalmist
- HarperCollins Study Bible: New Revised Standard Version (with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books) by Wayne A. Meeks ( 15:19 | 16:4-6 | 37 | 2 Chronicles 5:12 | 29:30 | Psalm 50 | 73-83)
Audre Lorde
Augusta Savage
Augustus Caesar, Roman Emperor, 27 BC-14 AD
- HarperCollins Study Bible: New Revised Standard Version (with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books) by Wayne A. Meeks (Luke 2:1)
Augustus Caesar, Roman empire's first Emperor
- Jesus by John Dominic Crossan (Gaius Octavius Caesar)
Averroes
Baal, god of Asia Minor
- HarperCollins Study Bible: New Revised Standard Version (with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books) by Wayne A. Meeks ( 1 Kings 16:31-32 | 18:16-40 | 2 Kings 10:18-28 | 11:18)
Baasha, King of Israel, 908-886
- HarperCollins Study Bible: New Revised Standard Version (with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books) by Wayne A. Meeks (1 Kings 15:33-16:6)
Babaji
Balaam's Donkey
- HarperCollins Study Bible: New Revised Standard Version (with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books) by Wayne A. Meeks (Numbers 22:21-34)
Barabbas, criminal released instead of Jesus
- HarperCollins Study Bible: New Revised Standard Version (with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books) by Wayne A. Meeks ( Luke 23:18-25 | John 18:39-40)
Barack Obama
- The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream by Barack Obama
- Strangers in their own land anger and mourning on the American right by Arlie Russell Hochschild
- White fragility : why it's so hard for white people to talk about racism by Robin J. DiAngelo
Barnabas, a Levite from Cyprus "also named Joseph"
- HarperCollins Study Bible: New Revised Standard Version (with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books) by Wayne A. Meeks ( 14:1-15:39)
Bartholomew, the Apostle "Nathaniel"
- HarperCollins Study Bible: New Revised Standard Version (with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books) by Wayne A. Meeks ( Mark 3:16-18 | Luke 6:13-15)
Baruch Spinoza
Bathsheba, wife of Uriah, David's great sin
- HarperCollins Study Bible: New Revised Standard Version (with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books) by Wayne A. Meeks (2 Samuel 11)
Beelzebub, prince of demons
- HarperCollins Study Bible: New Revised Standard Version (with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books) by Wayne A. Meeks ( Mark 3:20-26 | Luke 11:14-20)
Benjamin, son of Jacob, brother of Joseph
- HarperCollins Study Bible: New Revised Standard Version (with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books) by Wayne A. Meeks (Genesis 35:16-18)
Bereans, searched the Scriptures
- HarperCollins Study Bible: New Revised Standard Version (with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books) by Wayne A. Meeks (Acts 17:10-15)
Bill Clinton
Bill Moyers
Billie Holiday
Billy Sunday
Boaz, husband of Ruth
- HarperCollins Study Bible: New Revised Standard Version (with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books) by Wayne A. Meeks (Ruth 2-4)
Bob Hardey
Bobby Jindal
Booker T. Washington
Bronze Snake
- HarperCollins Study Bible: New Revised Standard Version (with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books) by Wayne A. Meeks (Numbers 21:4-9)
Buddha
Caesar, Roman Emperor "Caesar Augustus"
- HarperCollins Study Bible: New Revised Standard Version (with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books) by Wayne A. Meeks ( Mark 12:16-17 | Luke 2:1-4 | 20:24-25 | John 19:12 | Acts 17:7)
Caiaphas, high priest who plotted against Jesus
- HarperCollins Study Bible: New Revised Standard Version (with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books) by Wayne A. Meeks ( 57-68 | Mark 14:1-2 | 53-65 | Luke 22:1-2 | 67-71 | John 11:47-53 | 18:24)
Cain, son of Adam and Eve, killed his brother Abel
- HarperCollins Study Bible: New Revised Standard Version (with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books) by Wayne A. Meeks (Genesis 4)
Caleb, son of Jephunneh
- HarperCollins Study Bible: New Revised Standard Version (with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books) by Wayne A. Meeks ( 14:6-38 | Deuteronomy 1:36 | Joshua 14:6-15 | 15:16-19 | Judges 1:11-20)
Canaan, grandson of Noah
- HarperCollins Study Bible: New Revised Standard Version (with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books) by Wayne A. Meeks ( 10:6 | 15-20)
Carol Anderson
Carol Denise McNair
Carole Roberston
Carolyn Bryant
Cephas "Simon Peter"
- HarperCollins Study Bible: New Revised Standard Version (with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books) by Wayne A. Meeks ( 1 Corinthians 1:12 | 3:21-23 | 9:5)
Charles Boustany
Charles Darwin [Charles Robert: 1809-1882]
Charles Kingsley
Charles W. Mills
Charlotte Rampling
Cherubim, angels
- HarperCollins Study Bible: New Revised Standard Version (with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books) by Wayne A. Meeks ( Exodus 25:17-22 | 37:7-9 | Numbers 7:89 | 2 Samuel 22:11 | 1 Kings 6:23-35 | 7:29 | 36 | 8:6-7 | Psalm 18:10 | Ezekiel 41:17-18 | Hebrews 9:5)
Christian Picciolini
Clarence Thomas
Creator "God" "Lord"
- HarperCollins Study Bible: New Revised Standard Version (with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books) by Wayne A. Meeks ( Deuteronomy 32:6 | Ecclesiastes 12:1 | Isaiah 40:28-31 | 43:15 | Matthew 19:4 | 1 Peter 4:19)
Cynthia Wesley
Cyrus II, King of Persia
- HarperCollins Study Bible: New Revised Standard Version (with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books) by Wayne A. Meeks ( Ezra 1:1-8 | 3:7 | 4:3-5 | 5:13-17 | 6:14 | Isaiah 44:28-45:13)
Dan Barker
Dan, son of Jacob
- HarperCollins Study Bible: New Revised Standard Version (with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books) by Wayne A. Meeks ( 46:23 | 49:16-17)
Daniel, the Prophet, survived the lion's den
- HarperCollins Study Bible: New Revised Standard Version (with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books) by Wayne A. Meeks (Daniel 6)
David Vitter
David, King of Israel, son of Jesse
- HarperCollins Study Bible: New Revised Standard Version (with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books) by Wayne A. Meeks (1 Samuel 16-2 Samuel)
Deborah, the prophet, one of judges in the Bible
- HarperCollins Study Bible: New Revised Standard Version (with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books) by Wayne A. Meeks (Judges 4:4-5:31)
Delilah, Samson's demise
- HarperCollins Study Bible: New Revised Standard Version (with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books) by Wayne A. Meeks (Judges 16)
Dennis Rodman
Derek Black
Devon Alexander
Don Gonyea
Donald Trump
Donny McCorquodale
Dorcas, Peter raised from the dead "Tabitha"
- HarperCollins Study Bible: New Revised Standard Version (with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books) by Wayne A. Meeks (Acts 9:36–42)
Dr. Anna Howard Shaw
Duke Ellington
E. O. Wilson
Edith Stein
Ehud, one of judges in the Bible, sent by God to deliver Israel from Moabites
- HarperCollins Study Bible: New Revised Standard Version (with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books) by Wayne A. Meeks (Judges 3:15-30)
Eli, the priest
- HarperCollins Study Bible: New Revised Standard Version (with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books) by Wayne A. Meeks (1 Samuel 1-4)
Elijah, the Prophet, did not die, was taken up in a whirlwind
- HarperCollins Study Bible: New Revised Standard Version (with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books) by Wayne A. Meeks (2 Kings 1:3-2:18)
Elisha, the Prophet
- HarperCollins Study Bible: New Revised Standard Version (with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books) by Wayne A. Meeks ( 2 Kings 2 | 3:11-20 | 4-6 | 8:1-15 | 9:1-13 | 13:14-20)
Eliza Southgate
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Elizabeth Gertrude Stern
Elizabeth, mother of John the Baptist
- HarperCollins Study Bible: New Revised Standard Version (with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books) by Wayne A. Meeks ( 24-25 | 36 | 39-45 | 56-60)
Ella Fitzgerald
- Ella Fitzgerald: The Tale of a Vocal Virtuosa by Andrea Pinkney
- The Undefeated (Caldecott Medal Book) by Kwame Alexander
Emmett Till
Enoch, father of Methuselah, walked with God, did not die - taken by God
- HarperCollins Study Bible: New Revised Standard Version (with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books) by Wayne A. Meeks ( Hebrews 11:5-6 | Jude 14-15 | Genesis 25:21-34 | 26:34-35 | 27:1-45 | 28:6-9 | 32:3-21 | 33:1-17 | 35:28-29 | 36:1-43)
Esau, son of Isaac
- HarperCollins Study Bible: New Revised Standard Version (with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books) by Wayne A. Meeks ( 26:34-35 | 27:1-45 | 28:6-9 | 32:3-21 | 33:1-17 | 35:28-29 | 36:1-43)
Esther, Queen of Persia, cousin of Mordecai
- HarperCollins Study Bible: New Revised Standard Version (with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books) by Wayne A. Meeks ( 4-5 | 7-9)
Ethiopian eunuch, Philip baptized him
- HarperCollins Study Bible: New Revised Standard Version (with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books) by Wayne A. Meeks (Acts 8:26-40)
Eve, wife of Adam, mother of Cain, Abel, Seth
- HarperCollins Study Bible: New Revised Standard Version (with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books) by Wayne A. Meeks ( 3:1-24 | 4:1-2 | 25)
Ezekiel, the Prophet
- HarperCollins Study Bible: New Revised Standard Version (with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books) by Wayne A. Meeks (Ezekiel 1-48)
Ezra, the scribe, priest
- HarperCollins Study Bible: New Revised Standard Version (with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books) by Wayne A. Meeks ( 9 | 10:1-17)
Father "God the Father"
- HarperCollins Study Bible: New Revised Standard Version (with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books) by Wayne A. Meeks ( Isaiah 9:6 | 63:16 | 64:8 | Jeremiah 3:4 | 19 | Malachi 2:10 | Matthew 5-7 | 10-13 | 15-16 | 18 | 20 | 23-26 | 28 | Mark 8 | 11 | 13-14 | Luke 6 | 10-12 | 22-24 | John 1 | 3-6 | 8 | 10-18 | 20 | Acts 1-2 | Romans 1 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 1 Corinthians 1 | 8 | 15 | 2 Corinthians 1 | 6 | 11 | Galatians 1 | 4 | Ephesians 1-6 | Philippians 1-2 | 4 | Colossians 1 | 3 | 1 Thessalonians 1 | 3 | 2 Thessalonians 1-2 | 1 Timothy 1:2 | 2 Timothy 1:2 | Titus 1:4 | Philemon 3 | Hebrews 1 | 12 | James 1 | 3 | 1 Peter 1 | 2 Peter 1:17 | 1 John 1-4 | 2 John 3-4 | Jude 1 | Revelation 1-3)
Fay Brantley
Findus
- The birthday cake by Sven Nordqvist
- The fox hunt by Sven Nordqvist
- Pettson goes camping by Sven Nordqvist
- A rumpus in the garden by Sven Nordqvist
- When Findus was little and disappeared by Sven Nordqvist
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Gabriel, the Archangel
- HarperCollins Study Bible: New Revised Standard Version (with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books) by Wayne A. Meeks ( 9:21–27 | Luke 1:11-20 | 26-38)
George W. Bush
Gideon, son of Joash, one of 6 major judges in the Bible
- HarperCollins Study Bible: New Revised Standard Version (with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books) by Wayne A. Meeks (Judges 6-8)
Giordano Bruno
Glaucon
Gloria Steinem
God
God "Elohim" "Yahweh"
- HarperCollins Study Bible: New Revised Standard Version (with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books) by Wayne A. Meeks ( 14 | 17 | 19-22 | 24-26 | 28 | 30-32 | 35 | 41 | 46 | 48-49 | Exodus 1-9 | 10-15 | 19-26 | 27-31 | 32 | 34 | Leviticus 11 | 18-23 | 24-27 | Numbers 15-22 | Deuteronomy 1-32 | Joshua 1 | 3-4 | 8 | 10 | 24 | Judges 6 | 11 | 1 Samuel 2 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 2 Samuel 12 | 24 | 1 Kings 3-4 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 2 Kings 9 | 17-19 | 22 | 1 Chronicles 14 | 17 | 21-22 | 28 | 2 Chronicles 1 | 6 | 14 | 20-21 | 24 | 27 | 33-34 | 36 | Ezra 1 | Job 1-2 | 19 | Ecclesiastes 2-3 | 5 | Isaiah 9 | 12 | 24-25 | 29-30 | 35 | 37-38 | 40-59 | 65-66 | Jeremiah 7 | 10-11 | 13-14 | 16-17 | 19 | 21 | 23-35 | 37-39 | 42-46 | 48 | 50-51 | Ezekiel 9 | 11 | 14 | 20 | 28 | 34 | 36-37 | 39 | 43-44 | Hosea 11-13 | Joel 2-3 | Amos 3-6 | 9 | Jonah 2 | 4 | Micah 7 | Zephaniah 2 | Zechariah 8 | 10-11 | 13 | Malachi 2 | Matthew 1 | 3-6 | 14-16 | 19 | 22-23 | 26-27 | Mark 1 | 3-4 | 7 | 9-12 | 14-16 | Luke 1-2 | 4 | 6 | 8-13 | 15-18 | 20 | 22 | John 1 | 3-8 | 11 | 13-14 | 16-17 | 19-20 | Acts 2-3 | 5 | 7 | 9-13 | 17 | 20 | 28 | Romans 1-6 | 8-16 | 1 Corinthians 1-4 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 2 Corinthians 1 | 4-7 | 9 | 13 | Galatians 1 | 3-6 | Ephesians 1-3 | 4-6 | Philippians 1-4 | Colossians 1-3 | 1 Thessalonians 4-5 | 2 Thessalonians 1-3 | 1 Timothy 1-4 | 2 Timothy 3 | Titus 1-3 | Philemon 3 | Hebrews 1-4 | James 1-4 | 1 Peter 1-5 | 2 Peter 1-3 | 1 John 1-5 | 3 John | Jude | Revelation 1-5 | 7 | 12 | 15 | 19 | 21-22)
Gogol
Goliath, the giant Philistine
- HarperCollins Study Bible: New Revised Standard Version (with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books) by Wayne A. Meeks (1 Samuel 17)
Good Shepherd
- HarperCollins Study Bible: New Revised Standard Version (with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books) by Wayne A. Meeks (John 10:7-18)
Grace Darling
Gregory Boyle
Habakkuk, writer of one of prophetic books in the Bible
- HarperCollins Study Bible: New Revised Standard Version (with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books) by Wayne A. Meeks (Habakkuk 1-3)
Hagar, Sarah's servant, mother of Ishmael
- HarperCollins Study Bible: New Revised Standard Version (with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books) by Wayne A. Meeks (Genesis 16)
Haggai, writer of one of prophetic books in the Bible
- HarperCollins Study Bible: New Revised Standard Version (with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books) by Wayne A. Meeks (Haggai 1-2)
Ham, son of Noah
- HarperCollins Study Bible: New Revised Standard Version (with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books) by Wayne A. Meeks ( 9:1 | 18-27)
Hannah, wife of Elkanah, mother of Samuel
- HarperCollins Study Bible: New Revised Standard Version (with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books) by Wayne A. Meeks (1 Samuel 1-2)
Harold Areno
Harold S. Kushner
Harriet Tubman
Harry Reid
Helen Mirren
Henry Ossawa Tanner
Henry Wace
Herbert Spencer
Herod Agrippa I "Marcus Julius Agrippa"
- HarperCollins Study Bible: New Revised Standard Version (with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books) by Wayne A. Meeks (Acts 12:1-24)
Herod Agrippa II, son of the Herod Agrippa I "Marcus Julius Agrippa"
- HarperCollins Study Bible: New Revised Standard Version (with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books) by Wayne A. Meeks (Acts 25:13-26:32)
Herod Antipas, son of Herod the Great "Antipater"
- HarperCollins Study Bible: New Revised Standard Version (with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books) by Wayne A. Meeks ( Mark 6:14-29)
Herod Antipater "Antipas", son of Herod the Great, tried Jesus
Herod, the Great, King of Judea
- HarperCollins Study Bible: New Revised Standard Version (with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books) by Wayne A. Meeks (Matthew 2:1-20)
Hezekiah, 715-686, King of Judah
- HarperCollins Study Bible: New Revised Standard Version (with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books) by Wayne A. Meeks (2 Kings 18-20)
Holy Spirit "Holy Ghost"
- HarperCollins Study Bible: New Revised Standard Version (with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books) by Wayne A. Meeks ( Isaiah 63Herod Antipas | son of Herod the Great "Antipater" | Matthew 14:1-12 | Mark 6:14-29)
Hosea, writer of one of prophetic books in the Bible
- HarperCollins Study Bible: New Revised Standard Version (with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books) by Wayne A. Meeks (Hosea 1-14)
I Am, God's response when Moses asked for His name
- HarperCollins Study Bible: New Revised Standard Version (with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books) by Wayne A. Meeks ( Isaiah 44:6 | John 8:58 | Revelation 1:8 | 17-18 | 21:6 | 22:12-13)
Ibram Kendi
Immanuel, the Virgin's Son, seed of David, Prince of Peace
- HarperCollins Study Bible: New Revised Standard Version (with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books) by Wayne A. Meeks ( 8:8 | Matthew 1:23)
Isaac, son of Abraham and Sarah
- HarperCollins Study Bible: New Revised Standard Version (with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books) by Wayne A. Meeks ( 22:1-18 | 24:62-67 | 25:5-6 | 11 | Hebrews 11:17-20 | James 2:20-24)
Isaiah, the Prophet, son of Amos
- HarperCollins Study Bible: New Revised Standard Version (with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books) by Wayne A. Meeks (Isaiah 1-66)
Ishmael, son of Abraham and Hagar
- HarperCollins Study Bible: New Revised Standard Version (with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books) by Wayne A. Meeks (Genesis 16)
Israel "God's chosen people"
- HarperCollins Study Bible: New Revised Standard Version (with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books) by Wayne A. Meeks ( 5:1 | 19:3-5 | 40:38 | 2 Samuel 7:23-24 | Romans 9:4-5 | 1 Peter 2:4-12)
Israel, wrestled with God "Jacob"
- HarperCollins Study Bible: New Revised Standard Version (with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books) by Wayne A. Meeks ( 35:9-15 | 46:2-4)
J. W. Milam
Jack Johnson
Jackie Kennedy
Jackie Robinson
Jackie Tabor
Jacob Lawrence
Jacob, husband of Rachel, son of Isaac "Israel"
- HarperCollins Study Bible: New Revised Standard Version (with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books) by Wayne A. Meeks ( 27-35 | 46-49)
Jairus, daughter raised by Jesus
- HarperCollins Study Bible: New Revised Standard Version (with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books) by Wayne A. Meeks ( 35-43)
James Baldwin
James, the Apostle, son of Zebedee "James the Greater"
- HarperCollins Study Bible: New Revised Standard Version (with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books) by Wayne A. Meeks ( 10:2-4 | Mark 3:13-19 | Luke 5:1-10)
Janice Areno
Jeff Landry
Jehoshaphat, King of Judah, 872-869
- HarperCollins Study Bible: New Revised Standard Version (with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books) by Wayne A. Meeks (1 Kings 22:41-50)
Jehovah, "Lord" "Yahweh" "YHWH"
- HarperCollins Study Bible: New Revised Standard Version (with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books) by Wayne A. Meeks (Exodus 6:3 KJV only)
Jeremiah, the prophet
- HarperCollins Study Bible: New Revised Standard Version (with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books) by Wayne A. Meeks (Jeremiah 1-52)
Jeroboam II, King of Israel, 793-782
- HarperCollins Study Bible: New Revised Standard Version (with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books) by Wayne A. Meeks (2 Kings 14:23-29)
Jesse Owens
Jesse, grandson of Ruth, father of King David
- HarperCollins Study Bible: New Revised Standard Version (with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books) by Wayne A. Meeks (1 Samuel 16)
Jesus of Nazareth
Jesus, of Nazareth
- The Origin of Satan by Elaine Pagels ("Christ")
Jesus, of Nazareth "Christ"
- The historical Jesus : the life of a Mediterranean Jewish peasant by John Dominic Crossan
- Jesus by John Dominic Crossan
- Jesus : A Life by A. N. Wilson
- Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time: The Historical Jesus and the Heart of Contemporary Faith by Marcus J. Borg
- The power of myth by Joseph Campbell
- The wisdom Jesus : transforming heart and mind : a new perspective on Christ and his message by Cynthia Bourgeault
- HarperCollins Study Bible: New Revised Standard Version (with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books) by Wayne A. Meeks ( 130:8 | Isaiah 7:14 | 9:6-7 | 11:1-5 | 42:1-4 | 49:6 | Jeremiah 7:11 | Hosea 11:1 | Micah 5:2-4 | Matthew | Mark | Luke | John)
Jezebel, wicked queen, wife of Ahab
- HarperCollins Study Bible: New Revised Standard Version (with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books) by Wayne A. Meeks ( 18:13 | 21: | 2 Kings 9:30-37)
Jimmy Carter
Joan of Arc
Job, challenged by satan
- HarperCollins Study Bible: New Revised Standard Version (with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books) by Wayne A. Meeks (Job 1-42)
Joe Feagin
Joel, writer of one of prophetic books in the Bible
- HarperCollins Study Bible: New Revised Standard Version (with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books) by Wayne A. Meeks ( Acts 2:16-21)
John Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton
John Henry Newman
John Knox
John Lewis
John Mark, son of Mary
- HarperCollins Study Bible: New Revised Standard Version (with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books) by Wayne A. Meeks ( Acts 12:25 | 15:37-39)
John, the Apostle, son of Zebedee
- HarperCollins Study Bible: New Revised Standard Version (with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books) by Wayne A. Meeks ( 10:2-4 | Mark 3:13-19 | 9:38-41 | 10:35-44 | Luke 9:49-56 | Acts 4:1-31 | 1 | 2 | 3 John | Revelation 1-3 | 4-7 | 8-14 | 15-19 | 20-22)
John, the Baptist, son of Zacharias and Elizabeth
- Jesus by John Dominic Crossan
- HarperCollins Study Bible: New Revised Standard Version (with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books) by Wayne A. Meeks (Luke 1)
Jonah, writer of one of prophetic books in the Bible, swallowed by a large fish
- HarperCollins Study Bible: New Revised Standard Version (with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books) by Wayne A. Meeks ( Luke 11:30-32)
Jonathan, Prince of Israel, son of Saul
- HarperCollins Study Bible: New Revised Standard Version (with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books) by Wayne A. Meeks ( 18:3-4 | 19:4-7 | 20:1-42)
Joseph Campbell
Joseph McCabe
Joseph, of Arimathea, Jesus placed in his tomb
- HarperCollins Study Bible: New Revised Standard Version (with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books) by Wayne A. Meeks ( John 19:38-42)
Joseph, of Nazareth, Jesus' father
- HarperCollins Study Bible: New Revised Standard Version (with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books) by Wayne A. Meeks ( 18-25 | Luke 1:26-27 | 2:4-7 | 16 | 33 | 39 | 41-46)
Joseph, son of Jacob and Rachel, brother of Benjamin
- HarperCollins Study Bible: New Revised Standard Version (with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books) by Wayne A. Meeks ( 39 | 40-41 | 42-44 | 45 | 46:1-7 | 26-34 | 47-48 | 50)
Josephus, Flavius, 37-c. 100
Joshua, 605-562 BC, the battle of Jericho
- HarperCollins Study Bible: New Revised Standard Version (with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books) by Wayne A. Meeks ( Joshua 1-9 | 10-17 | 18-24)
Judah, son of Jacob
- HarperCollins Study Bible: New Revised Standard Version (with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books) by Wayne A. Meeks ( 38:1-26 | 43:1-10)
Judas Iscariot, betrayed Jesus
- HarperCollins Study Bible: New Revised Standard Version (with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books) by Wayne A. Meeks ( 47-49 | 27:1-10 | Mark 14:10-11 | Luke 22:1-6 | John 13:21-27)
Jude, brother of James
- HarperCollins Study Bible: New Revised Standard Version (with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books) by Wayne A. Meeks (Jude 1-25)
Judith Martin
Julián
Karen Armstrong
Kimberlé Crenshaw
King of kings
- HarperCollins Study Bible: New Revised Standard Version (with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books) by Wayne A. Meeks ( Revelation 17:14)
Lahiri Mahasaya
Lamb of God
- HarperCollins Study Bible: New Revised Standard Version (with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books) by Wayne A. Meeks ( 1 Corinthians 5:7)
Langston Hughes
Lazarus, brought back to life by Jesus
- HarperCollins Study Bible: New Revised Standard Version (with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books) by Wayne A. Meeks (John 11:1-44)
Lazarus, poor man in Jesus' parable
- HarperCollins Study Bible: New Revised Standard Version (with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books) by Wayne A. Meeks (Luke 16:19-31)
Leah, daughter of Laban, wife of Jacob
- HarperCollins Study Bible: New Revised Standard Version (with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books) by Wayne A. Meeks (Genesis 29:4-30:24)
LeBron James
Lee Atwater
Lee Sherman
Leigh Anne Tuohy
Leo
Leslie Picca
Levi, son of Jacob
- HarperCollins Study Bible: New Revised Standard Version (with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books) by Wayne A. Meeks ( 34:25-31 | 46:11)
Linda Lovelace
Lord "Yahweh"
- HarperCollins Study Bible: New Revised Standard Version (with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books) by Wayne A. Meeks ( 7:1-16 | 18:16-33 | Exodus 3-40 | Leviticus 1-27 | Numbers 1:1-15 | 48-53 | 2-6 | 8-15 | 16:18-50 | 17-19 | 20:6-13 | 22-26 | 21:4-8 | 33-35 | 25 | 26:1-2 | 52-56 | 27-29 | 31:1 | 25-31 | 32:6-13 | 33:50-56 | 34-35 | Deuteronomy 1:34-42 | 2-9 | 10-17 | 18-27 | 28-31 | 32:48-52 | 33-34 | Joshua 1:1-9 | 3:7-8 | 4:1-3 | 14-15 | 5:2 | 9 | 6:2-5 | 27 | 7:6-15 | 8:1-2 | 18-19 | 10:7-14 | 11:6 | 13:1-7 | 20:1-6 | 21:43-45 | 24:2-15 | Judges 1:1-2 | 2:10-23 | 3:7-15 | 4:1-3 | 6-7 | 10:6-16 | 13:1 | 16:28-30 | 20:18-36)
Lord God Almighty
- HarperCollins Study Bible: New Revised Standard Version (with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books) by Wayne A. Meeks ( Job 5:17 | Revelation 4:8 | 11:17 | 15:3 | 16:7 | 21:22)
Lord God of Israel
- HarperCollins Study Bible: New Revised Standard Version (with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books) by Wayne A. Meeks ( Joshua 7:13 | 20-21 | 10:40-42 | 13:14 | 33 | 14:13-14 | 24:2-4 | 23 | Judges 4:6-7 | 5:5 | 6:8-10 | 11:21-23 | 21:2-3 | 1 Samuel 10:17-19 | 14:41 | 20:12 | 23:10-11 | 25:32-34 | 2 Samuel 12:7-12 | 1 Kings 1:48 | 8:15-26 | 14:7-13 | 15:29-30 | 16:12-13 | 17:1 | 13-14 | 2 Kings 9:6-10 | 18:5 | 19:15-16 | 20 | 21:12-15 | 22:15-20 | 2 Chronicles 6:16-17 | Ezra 4:1-3 | 6:20-21 | 7:6 | 9:15 | Psalm 41:13 | Jeremiah 7:3-12 | 21-29 | 9:15-16 | 11:1-5 | 13:12-14 | 16:9-13 | 21:4-7 | 23:2-4 | 24:5-7 | 25:15-16 | 27-29 | 30:2-3 | 42:9-18 | 45:2-3 | 46:25-26 | Malachi 2:16 | Luke 1:68)
Lot's Wife, became a pillar of salt
- HarperCollins Study Bible: New Revised Standard Version (with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books) by Wayne A. Meeks (Genesis 19:24-26)
Lot, rescued from Sodom and Gomorrah
- HarperCollins Study Bible: New Revised Standard Version (with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books) by Wayne A. Meeks ( 14:11-16 | 19)
Louis Armstrong
Lucius Quinctius Flaminius
Luke, the Evangelist, physician
- HarperCollins Study Bible: New Revised Standard Version (with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books) by Wayne A. Meeks ( Acts 1-6 | 7-12 | 13-18 | 19-25 | 26-28)
Madonna Massey
Magi, astrologers from the east who visited Jesus
- HarperCollins Study Bible: New Revised Standard Version (with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books) by Wayne A. Meeks (Matthew 2:1-12)
Malachi, writer of one of prophetic books in the Bible
- HarperCollins Study Bible: New Revised Standard Version (with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books) by Wayne A. Meeks (Malachi 1-4)
Malcolm X
Malia Obama
Maria Mitchell
Marilyn Frye
Marilyn Monroe
Mark, the Evangelist, associate of Peter "John Mark"
- HarperCollins Study Bible: New Revised Standard Version (with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books) by Wayne A. Meeks ( 7-11 | 12-16)
Martha, sister of Mary and Lazarus
- HarperCollins Study Bible: New Revised Standard Version (with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books) by Wayne A. Meeks ( John 11:1-43)
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Mary Ann Webster Loughborough
Mary Magdalene, went to Jesus' tomb Easter morning
- HarperCollins Study Bible: New Revised Standard Version (with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books) by Wayne A. Meeks ( Luke 8:2 | John 20:1-2 | 11-18)
Mary, mother of Jesus
- HarperCollins Study Bible: New Revised Standard Version (with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books) by Wayne A. Meeks (Luke 2)
Matthew, the Apostle, brother of James "Levi"
- HarperCollins Study Bible: New Revised Standard Version (with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books) by Wayne A. Meeks ( Mark 3:13-19 | Luke 6:12-16 | Acts 1:12-14)
Matthias, the Apostle
- HarperCollins Study Bible: New Revised Standard Version (with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books) by Wayne A. Meeks (Acts 1:20-26)
Melchizedek, king of Salem
- HarperCollins Study Bible: New Revised Standard Version (with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books) by Wayne A. Meeks ( Psalm 110:4 | Hebrews 5:6 | 7:1-17)