ID: 901000486 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901000486	Record Type: Character/Person

	Samuel (Old Testament character)

Note: Religious hero, seer, priest, judge, prophet, and military leader in the Old Testament. His greatest distinction was his role in the establishment of the monarchy in Israel.

Display Date: flourished 11th century BCE

Names:

	Samuel (Old Testament character) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
	Shemuʼel (Old Testament character) (undetermined,U,N)
	Shmuʼel (Old Testament character) (undetermined,U,N)
	שמואל (Old Testament character) (Hebrew,U,N)

Hierarchical Position:

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

Related Iconography:

	child of .... Hannah
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Old Testament iconography, Old Testament characters, Hannah (Old Testament character)) [901000781]

	source is .... Bible, Old Testament
	..........(Literature and Performing Arts, Named written and performed works, Literary works: Philosophy, Religion, Bible (sacred literature, Judeo-Christian), Bible, Old Testament (Biblical books, sacred texts)) [901000253]

Other Relationships:

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

	role/characteristic is .... judge
	.....(people in law, people in social science-related occupations, people in the social sciences and related occupations, people by occupation, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	role/characteristic is .... priest
	.....(clergy, people in religion, people in religion and related occupations, people in the humanities, people by occupation, 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:

	Samuel (Old Testament character)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) n 50060384
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	................Iconclass Illustrated Edition (2022-) in in 71G11 Samuel and Saul
	Shemuʼel (Old Testament character)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
	Shmuʼel (Old Testament character)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	שמואל (Old Testament character)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Catholic Encyclopedia [online], republished from 1913 edition (2003-)
	................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) "Samuel," accessed 2 July 2017
	................ National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. [online] (2001-)