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

Name
Meaning
Initial biblical reference
Any other info in the initial reference
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) FDuffy (talk · contribs)

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]