ID: 901000838 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901000838	Record Type: Character/Person

	Haman (Old Testament character)

Note: Biblical character, a court official and villain whose plan to destroy the Jews of Persia was thwarted by Esther. The story is told in the Book of Esther.

Names:

	Haman (Old Testament character) (preferred,English-P,D,N)

Hierarchical Position:

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

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... character (person 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:

	Haman (Old Testament character)
	................Catholic Encyclopedia [online], republished from 1913 edition (2003-)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) n 99014978
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	................Iconclass Illustrated Edition (2022-) in 71Q741 Esther accuses Haman

Iconography Record Sources:

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