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Pontius Pilate wife

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Porcius Festus

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Potiphar

biblical person in the Book of Genesis's account of Joseph

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Potipherah

Priest of the ancient Egyptian town of On (Genesis 41)

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Priscilla and Aquila

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Prochorus (deacon)

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Prophets of Christianity

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Puah

midwife that appears in the book Exodus (Exodus 1)

Female - Old Testament

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Pygarg

Biblical animal

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Qedar (person)

human biblical figure (Genesis 25), a second son of Ishmael

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Qohelet

the anonymous author of the Book of Ecclesiastes

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Queen of Psalm 45

figure described in Psalm 45 of the book of Psalms

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The Bible is replete with complex and interesting characters. They have their place in Judeo-Christian history, in the lessons of the bible, and in greater western literature, where references to them are numerous.

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