Who’s Who

The chapter numbers tell you where each person appears most.

• Antiochus IV — Greek king of Syria who banned the law of Moses in 167 BC. Chapters 13, 14, 17.
• Athanasius — bishop of Alexandria who listed the New Testament in AD 367. Before We Start.
• Augustine — bishop of Hippo in North Africa, around AD 400, who counted these books as scripture. Before We Start.
• Baruch — Jeremiah’s secretary, in whose name the book of Baruch was written. Chapter 8.
• Ben Sira — Jewish teacher in Jerusalem who wrote the book called Sirach about 180 BC. Chapter 7.
• R. H. Charles — English scholar whose translations of 1 Enoch and Jubilees are quoted in this book. Chapters 18, 19.
• Daniel — the wise Jew at the Babylonian court, hero of Susanna and Bel and the Dragon. The Song of the Three is set inside his book. Chapters 9–11.
• Eleazar — an old man martyred under Antiochus in 2 Maccabees and 4 Maccabees, and an old priest who prays in 3 Maccabees. Chapters 14, 16, 17.
• Enoch — the man in Genesis who walked with God, in whose name 1 Enoch was written. Chapter 18.
• Ezra — priest and scribe who brought the law back from Babylon. Chapters 1, 2.
• Herod the Great — king of Judea for Rome when I was born. Chapter 24.
• Holofernes — the Assyrian general whose head Judith cuts off. Chapter 4.
• Irenaeus — bishop of Lyon around AD 180, who wrote against the Gospel of Judas and other books. Chapters 23, 25.
• Jerome — translator of the Latin Bible, who said these books were for instruction, not doctrine. Before We Start.
• Joachim and Anna — the names the Protoevangelium gives to my mother’s parents. Chapter 24.
• Josephus — Jewish historian of the first century AD. Chapters 1, 13, 16, 17.
• Judas Iscariot — the friend who handed me over. Chapter 23.
• Judas Maccabeus — the Hammer, who led the revolt against Antiochus. Chapters 13, 14.
• Judith — the widow of Bethulia who kills Holofernes. Chapter 4.
• Martin Luther — German reformer who moved these books into a section of their own in 1534. Before We Start.
• Manasseh — the worst king of Judah, given a prayer of repentance. Chapter 12.
• Mary Magdalene — my follower, the first to see me risen, who teaches the men in the Gospel of Mary. Chapters 21, 22.
• Mastema — the chief of the evil spirits in Jubilees. Chapter 19.
• Mattathias — the old priest who began the Maccabean revolt. Chapter 13.
• Ptolemy IV — Greek king of Egypt who drives the elephants at the Jews in 3 Maccabees. Chapter 16.
• Raphael — the angel who travels with Tobias. Chapter 3.
• Salome — the woman in the Protoevangelium who doubts my mother. Chapter 24.
• Serapion — bishop of Antioch who warned against the Gospel of Peter. Chapter 21.
• Susanna — the woman falsely accused by two elders. Chapter 10.
• Thomas — one of the twelve, whose name was put on the Gospel of Thomas. A Thomas the Israelite is named in some copies of the Infancy Gospel. Chapters 20, 25.
• Tobit and Tobias — the blind father and his son. Chapter 3.
• Uriel — the angel who answers Ezra in 2 Esdras and guides Enoch. Chapters 2, 18.
• Zerubbabel — the young guard who wins the contest of wisdom and leads the people home. Chapter 1.