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ID: 901000410
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901000410
Record Type: Character/Person

Jeremiah (Old Testament character)

Note: Hebrew prophet, reformer, and named as author of a biblical book. He was closely involved in the political and religious events of a crucial era in the history of the ancient Near East, including the capture of Jerusalem by the Babylonians in 586 BCE and the exile of many Judaeans to Babylonia.

Display Date: born after 650-ca. 570 BCE

Names:
Jeremiah (Old Testament character) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
Jeremiah, the prophet (Old Testament character) (English,U,N)
Jeremias (Old Testament character) (Latin,U,N)
Jeremia (Old Testament character) (English,U,N)
Jérémie (Old Testament character) (undetermined,U,N)
Jeremy (Old Testament character) (undetermined,U,N)
Yirmeyahu (Old Testament character) (undetermined,U,N)
ירמיהו (Old Testament character) (Hebrew,U,N)

Hierarchical Position:
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
....<Old Testament iconography> (P)
........<Old Testament characters> (P)
............Jeremiah (Old Testament character) (I)
Other Relationships:
role/characteristic is .... religious character
.....(characters (people by activity), people by activity, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
role/characteristic is .... prophet
.....(people by activity, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
culture/religion is .... Hebrew (culture or style)
.....(West Asian, Asian, styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (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)
associated with .... Babylon
.....(Bābil, Iraq, Asia) (TGN)

Sources:
Jeremiah (Old Testament character)
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) accessed 13 September 2012
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) n 80067482
................Iconclass Illustrated Edition (2022-) in 71O745 Jeremiah and the Rechabites
Jeremiah, the prophet (Old Testament character)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
Jeremias (Old Testament character)
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
Jeremia (Old Testament character)
................Rijksmuseum [online] (2000-) http://www.rijksmuseum.nl/collectie/SK-A-3276; accessed 13 September 2012
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
Jérémie (Old Testament character)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
Jeremy (Old Testament character)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
Yirmeyahu (Old Testament character)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
ירמיהו (Old Testament character)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
Iconography Record Sources:
................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) "Jeremiah," accessed 13 September 2012
................ Catholic Encyclopedia [online], republished from 1913 edition (2003-)

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