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Peculiar treasures : a biblical who's who / Frederick Buechner ; with ill. by Katherine A. Buechner.

By: Publication details: San Francisco : Harper & Row, ©1979.Edition: 1st edDescription: 181 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 006061157X
  • 9780060611576
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 220.9/2 B
LOC classification:
  • BS571 .B84 1979
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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).
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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).

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