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ID: 901000841
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901000841
Record Type: Character/Person

Zechariah (Old Testament character)

Note: Old Testament Jewish prophet whose preachings are recorded in one of the shorter prophetical books in the Old Testament, the Book of Zechariah.

Display Date: flourished 6th century BCE

Names:
Zechariah (Old Testament character) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
Zacharias (Old Testament character) (English,U,N)
Zekharyah (Old Testament character) (undetermined,U,N)

Hierarchical Position:
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
....<Old Testament iconography> (P)
........<Old Testament characters> (P)
............Zechariah (Old Testament character) (I)
Related Iconography:
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)
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)
role/characteristic is .... prophet
.....(people by activity, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:
Zechariah (Old Testament character)
................J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)
................Iconclass Illustrated Edition (2022-) in 71S2 the book of Zechariah
................Catholic Encyclopedia [online], republished from 1913 edition (2003-)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) n 2006008808
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
Zacharias (Old Testament character)
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
Zekharyah (Old Testament character)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
Iconography Record Sources:
................ Catholic Encyclopedia [online], republished from 1913 edition (2003-)
................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) "Zechariah," accessed 3 July 2017

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