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ID: 901000542
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901000542
Record Type: Character/Person

Sarah (Old Testament character)

Note: In the Old Testament, wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac. Sarah was childless until she was 90 years old. God promised Abraham that she would be “a mother of nations” (Genesis 17:16) and that she would conceive and bear a son.

Names:
Sarah (Old Testament character) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
Sarai (Old Testament character) (undetermined,U,N)
Sara (Old Testament character) (English,U,N)
שרה (Old Testament character) (Hebrew,U,N)

Hierarchical Position:
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
....<Old Testament iconography> (P)
........<Old Testament characters> (P)
............Sarah (Old Testament character) (I)
Related Iconography:
consort/spouse of .... Abraham
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Old Testament iconography, Old Testament characters, Abraham (Old Testament character)) [901000475]
parent of .... Isaac
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Old Testament iconography, Old Testament characters, Isaac (Old Testament character)) [901000952]

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:
Sarah (Old Testament character)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) n 83042834
................Iconclass Illustrated Edition (2022-) 11I63(Sarah)
Sarai (Old Testament character)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
Sara (Old Testament character)
................Catholic Encyclopedia [online], republished from 1913 edition (2003-)
שרה (Old Testament character)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
Iconography Record Sources:
................ Iconclass Illustrated Edition (2022-) 11I63(Sarah)
................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) "Sarah," accessed 2 July 2017

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