ID: 901000781 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901000781	Record Type: Character/Person

	Hannah (Old Testament character)

Note: Mother of Samuel, the Jewish judge. Childless as one of the two wives of Elkanah, she prayed for a son, promising to dedicate him to God. Her prayers were answered, and she brought the child Samuel to Shiloh for religious training. In the Talmud she is named as one of seven prophetesses, and her prayer is in the Rosh Hashana (Jewish New Year) first-day service, exemplifying successful petitions to God.

Display Date: 11th century BCE

Names:

	Hannah (Old Testament character) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
	Anna (Old Testament character) (English,U,N)

Hierarchical Position:

		Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
		....<Old Testament iconography> (P)
		........<Old Testament characters> (P)
		............Hannah (Old Testament character) (I)

Related Iconography:

	parent of .... Samuel
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Old Testament iconography, Old Testament characters, Samuel (Old Testament character)) [901000486]

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... religious character
	.....(characters (people by activity), people by activity, people (agents), People (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)

Sources:

	Hannah (Old Testament character)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) n 91105975
	................Iconclass Illustrated Edition (2022-) in 71F8131 Samuel suckled by Hannah
	Anna (Old Testament character)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Catholic Encyclopedia [online], republished from 1913 edition (2003-)
	................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) "Hannah," accessed 30 June 2017