Talk:Minor characters in the Book of Genesis

This page is intended to be a consolidation of the many chronic stubs that have been created (some by me) for characters in the Book of Genesis, or which are still pending creation but it's only a matter of time. I hope we will eventually have these for most of the historical books of the Old Testament. Andrewa 05:21, 4 Sep 2004 (UTC)

I think two things about this subject
 * It plausibly should be extended to include the minor characters in the rest of the torah (which are small in number, comparatively)
 * This list is going to get VERY VERY large.

We need to decide how each entry should be constructed. I would propose that it initially be
 * 1) Name
 * 2) Meaning
 * 3) Initial biblical reference
 * 4) Any other info in the initial reference
 * 5) Any other references

I also think that this list should be split up into
 * Minor Edomites
 * Minor descendents of Israel
 * Others (probably could do with splitting up further)


 * Name, meaning and brief synopsis of occurrence in the Bible is OK. If there is much more on a certain person, that person should probably have a dedicated article.


 * Do you think the minor Edomites are actually worth listing - i.e. does the mention of a name in the Bible automatically make them notable? I do actually have my doubts. JFW | T@lk  21:14, 7 November 2005 (UTC)


 * Uzziel is listed on the Fallen Angel page however 'it' is not listed as being a demon here. I can't really comment on it because i dont know enough about it so I leave it in your hands. --Shimirel 01:30, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

Suggested page move
Perhaps this page can be moved to Minor figures in the Book of Genesis. "Characters" sounds like we are dealing with a work of fiction, which is POV in this case. --Eliyak T · C 22:39, 26 September 2006 (UTC)
 * On second thought, many minor characters in the Bible are mentioned several times in various books (in genealogical lists). So I think it would be best if everything went at List of minor Biblical figures. --Eliyak T · C 22:46, 26 September 2006 (UTC)