| | | | Part 1 |
| 1 | Andrew | Darcy | Aaron Levy's adviser. |
| | Aaron | Levy | Helen Watt's assistant. |
| | Helen Ann | Watt | A historian. |
| | Ian | Easton | Helen's former student. |
| | Bridgette | Easton | Ian's wife. |
| | Bruno | Schultz | A Jewish writer. |
| | Sotheby | | A book evaluator. |
| | Dror | | An artist. |
| | Jonathan | Martin | The head of the history department. |
| | Dr. | Lopez | A Jewish physician. |
| | William | Shakespeare | An English poet. |
| | HaCoen | Mendes | A rabbi. |
| | Menasseh | ben Israel | A Portuguese-Jewish rabbi. |
| 2 | Diego da Costa | Mendes | HaCoen's nephew. |
| 3 | Prospero | | A pub's owner. |
| | Marisa | Herz | Aaron's mistress. |
| | Aleph | | A writer. |
| | Oliver | Cromwell | An English political leader. |
| | Charles l | | The monarch of England. |
| 5 | Sabbatai | Zebi | Self-proclaimed messiah. |
| | Benjamin | HaLevy | The HaCoen's patron. |
| 7 | David | Rodrigues | A writer. |
| | Eliezer | | The volunteer's leader. |
| | Yacob | da Souza | HaCoen's acquaintance. |
| 8 | Isaac | | Ester's brother. |
| | Ester | | A scribe. |
| | Rivka | | A servant. |
| | Miguel | da Spinoza | Father of the most disobedient student of HaCoen. |
| | Francis | Bacon | An English philosopher. |
| | Samuel | Moses | A translator of Hebrew's work and writer. |
| | Grietgen | | A housemaid. |
| 9 | Anatol | Ludman | A professor. |
| | Rodney | Keller | A painter. |
| | | | Part 2 |
| 10 | Alvaro | HaLevy | The youngest of the HaLevy brothers. |
| | Mary da Costa | Mendes | Diego da Costa Mendes's daughter. |
| | Catherine | da Costa | Mary's mother. |
| | Constantina | | Ester's mother. |
| | Samuel | Velasquez | Constantina's husband. |
| | Mohammad | | A prophet. |
| 11 | Patricia S. | Haight | A librarian. |
| | Patricia | Smith | The head conservationist. |
| | Simeon | de Herrera | A translator. |
| | Dr. | Hammond | Helen's physician. |
| | Penelope | Babcock | Jonathan's secretary. |
| | Brian | Wilton | Jonathan's former student. |
| | Walter | | A Canadian volunteer. |
| | Nurit | | The cook. |
| | Muriel | | One who survive from the war during her childhood. |
| | Avi | | An American volunteer. |
| | Josephus | Flavius | An historian. |
| | Ahmed | | A man who sold lunch. |
| | Maria | | An Italian volunteer. |
| | David | | An American volunteer. |
| 12 | Baruch | de Spinoza | A Dutch philosopher. |
| | Isabella | Rodriguez | One of Mary's acquaintance. |
| | Pierre | Alvarez | One of Mary's acquaintance. |
| | Rebecca | Nones | One of Mary's acquaintance. |
| | Joseph | Levita | Mary's admirer. |
| | Emilia | Valentia | One of Mary's friend. |
| | Maria | Olivera | One of Emilia's acquaintance. |
| | Rebecca | Cancio | One of Emilia's acquaintance. |
| | Lizabeta | | Ester's grandmother. |
| | Isabella | Mendoza | Catherine's mother's cousin. |
| | Isaac Aboab | de Fonseca | A rabbi. |
| | | Abendana | A rabbi. |
| 13 | Goethe | | A writer. |
| | Solomon | de Oliveyra | One of HaCoen's student. |
| | Sarsot | Gablut | HaCoen's acquaintance. |
| | Sasportas | | A new rabbi. |
| | Avner Ben | Samuel | Aboab's assistant. |
| | Daniel | Lusitano | HaCoen's former pupil. |
| | Gluckel | | A Jewish diarist. |
| | | | Part 3 |
| 16 | Sarah | Cancio | A matron. |
| | Thomas | Farrow | An actor. Aka: Thos. |
| | John | Tilman | One of Thomas's friend. |
| | Esteban | Bescos | One of Thomas's friend. |
| | Manuel | | Benjamin HaLevy's son. |
| | Franciscus van | den Enden | A philosopher and a poet. |
| | Benedictus | de Spinoza | van den Enden's friend. |
| | Solomon | Sivani | One of Ester's acquaintance. |
| | Lodewijk | Meijer | One of Ester's acquaintance. |
| | Hannah | | A servant. |
| | Harvey | | An anatomist. |
| | Galen | | A Greek physician. |
| | Thomas | Hobbes | An English philosopher. |
| 17 | Johan | de Witt | A Dutch political figure. |
| | Louis XlV | | The King of France. |
| | Brendan | Goodwin | A graduate student from Michigan. |
| 18 | Julian | | A writer. |
| | Van | Blijenburgh | One who harnessed the faith of Benedictus. |
| 19 | Charles ll | | The King of England. |
| | Thomas | Browne | A polymath. |
| | Jonathan | Pierre | A member of the Royal Society. |
| | Derek | Godwin | A writer. |
| 21 | Anne | Fielding | A filing clerk. |
| | Emily | Dickinson | An American poet. |
| | Danny | | Marisa's brother. |
| | | | Part 4 |
| 23 | Dina | Jacobowicz | Helen's acquaintance. |
| | Ludwig | Boldzmann | An Austrian physicist and philosopher. |
| 25 | Elizabeth | | A young clerk. |
| | | | Part 5 |
| 27 | Isaac | Vossius | Owned a large library in Europe. |
| | Adriaan | Koerbagh | One of the writers. |
| | Bertram | Clark | One of the writers. |
| | William | Harrington | One of the correspondence. |
| | Owen | Richards | One of the correspondence. |
| | James | Goddard | One of the correspondence. |
| | Pierre | Bayte | A French philosopher. |
| | John | Wilson | Ester's acquaintance. |
| 28 | Isabelle | | John Tilman's wife. |
| | Judith | | Isabelle's daughter. |
| | Matthew | Collins | A professor. |
