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Buechner, Frederick, 1926-

Peculiar treasures : a biblical who's who / Frederick Buechner ; with ill. by Katherine A. Buechner. - 1st ed. - San Francisco : Harper & Row, ©1979. - 181 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Aaron -- Abel (see Cain) -- Abishag -- Abraham -- Absalom -- Adam -- Agag -- Agrippa -- Ahab -- Ahasuerus (see Xerxes) -- Amos -- Ananias -- Balaam -- Barabbas -- Bathsheba -- Belshazzar -- Boaz (see Ruth) -- Caesar Augustus -- Caiaphas -- Cain -- Daniel -- David -- Deborah -- Delilah -- Dinah -- Elijah -- Elisha -- Esau -- Esther (see Xerxes) -- Ethiopian Eunuch -- Eutychus -- Eve -- Ezekiel -- Felix -- Gabriel -- Gehazi (see Naaman) -- Gideon -- Goliath -- Gomer -- Hagar -- Ham -- Haman (see Xerxes) -- Herod Antipas -- Herod the Great -- Hiram -- Holofernes (see Judith) -- Hosea (see Gomer) -- Isaac -- Isaiah -- Jacob -- Jael -- Jeremiah -- Jesus -- Jezebel (see Ahab, Elijah) -- Job -- John the Baptist -- John the Evangelist -- Jonah -- Jonathan -- Joseph and his brethren -- Joseph of Arimathea -- Joseph the husband of Mary -- Joshua -- Judas. Judith -- Koheleth -- Korah -- Laban (see Jacob, Rachel) -- Lazarus -- Leah (see Rachel) -- Lot -- Lucifer -- Luke -- Mark -- Mary -- Mary Magdalene -- Matthew -- Mephibosheth -- Micah -- Mordecai (see Xerxes) -- Moses -- Naaman -- Naomi (see Ruth) -- Nathan -- Nathaniel -- Nebuchadnezzar -- Nehemiah -- Nicodemus -- Noah -- Onan -- Onesimus -- Paul -- Peter -- Philemon (see Onesimus) -- Philip (see Ethiopian Eunich, Nathaniel, Simon Magus) -- Pilate -- Queen of Sheba -- Quirinius -- Rachel -- Rahab -- Rebecca -- Ruth -- Salome -- Samson (see Delilah) -- Samuel -- Sapphira (see Ananias) -- Sarah -- Saul -- Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego (see Nebuchadnezzar) -- Simeon -- Simon Magnus -- Solomon -- Stephen -- Susanna -- Thomas -- Tobias -- Uriah the Hittite -- Vashti -- Whale -- Wise men -- Witch of Endor -- Xerxes -- Yahweh -- Zaccheus.

Brings the Bible's holiest and most profane characters and shows them as human beings. Each character has much to tell us, not only about themselves but also about the God they either worshipped or railed against (or both).

ISBN: 006061157X 9780060611576

LCCN: 78020586

Nat. Bib. No.: GB92-4079

Subjects--Uniform Titles:
Bible--Biography.
Bible.
Bible.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Bible--Biography.

Subjects--Index Terms: Christianity Scriptures Characters

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Biographies.
Biographies.

LC Class. No.: BS571 / .B84 1979

Dewey Class. No.: 220.9/2 B