Key people: Adam - the first human being, Deborah - an Old Testament prophetess, Delilah- the wife of Samson in the Old Testament who brought about his capture through cutting his hair, Eve- the first female, Jael- a heroine from the Old Testament who kills an enemy of Israel, Lydia- a convert of St Paul in the New Testament, Priscilla- one of the important women in the early Church, Queen of Sheba- an important ruler who travelled to see King Solomon.