From a fun post at the Scriptorium Daily on the nameless characters in the bible:
Cain’s wife. Never mind where she came from, what was her name? Awan. And Seth’s wife was named Azura. Where does this information come from? the apocryphal Book of Jubiliees, chapter 4.
Noah’s wife? Metzger says that over 100 different names have been assigned her! Emzara is the one given in Jubilees.
Potiphar’s wife? Zuleika, according to postbiblical Jewish legends.
The daughter of Pharaoh who took Moses from the water and raised him as prince of Egypt? Thematis, or maybe Bithiah.
Job’s wife? Well, the first one was named Sitis, and the second one was Dinah, the daughter of Jacob.
Jephthah’s daughter? Seila.
The witch of Endor? Sedecla.
Click through for more. I think I’d like to read Metzger’s chapter on the nameless.
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