The Bible's Most Fascinating People: Stories from the Old and New Testaments [Hardcover]

R.P. Nettelhorst (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 24, 2008

This book tells the stories of 100 of the most important and interesting personalities that appear within the Bible's pages.  The short and easy to digest articles are designed to appeal equally to those who know little about the Bible and to those who have a deep familiarity with it. 

Encompassing characters from both the Old and New Testaments, the stories are set within a framework of family relationships that run throughout the Bible.  Family trees illustrate the relationships between the people in the various stories, providing you with a clear sense of the underlying historical and cultural matrix out of which the Bible grew. 

Through riveting stories, you'll get to know the Bible's most intriguing personalities--with all of their human frailties.

View each character through the prism of beautiful fine art images.

 

 

--This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

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About the Author

Robin P. Nettelhorst is the founder and academic vice president of the Quartz Hill School of Theology, where he also serves as professor of Bible and biblical languages.  He completed graduate studies at the University of California, Los Angeles, where he majored in ancient Semitic languages.  While a student, he spent two summers working on a kibbutz in Israel.  In addition to many academic articles, he is the author of several science fiction novels.

--This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 192 pages
• Publisher: Readers Digest (January 24, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0762108886
• ISBN-13: 978-0762108886
• Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 7.9 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,424,750 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

R.P. NETTELHORST is a writer of biblically and theologically related works, among other things. He does a weekly newspaper column for a small Northern California newspaper called The Ridge Rider News. He gets to write about anything he likes, as long as he keeps it to 800 words.

He was a volunteer with the X-Prize Foundation at the winning launches of SpaceShipOne. He's the founder and Academic Vice President of Quartz Hill School of Theology where he also serves as Professor of Bible and Biblical Languages. While an undergraduate, he spent two summers working on a kibbutz in Israel. He went on to complete his graduate work at UCLA in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, majoring in Semitic languages. Before founding Quartz Hill School of Theology, he taught at Christian Heritage College and Los Angeles Baptist College (now the Master's College).

He is married, with three daughters. A cat and a dog also live with them in their house in southern California.

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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Mr, April 8, 2008

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This review is from: The Bible's Most Fascinating People: Stories from the Old and New Testaments (Hardcover)

Great stories and very well written. Masterfully illustrated with some of the most gorgeous artwork around. Highly recommend if you enjoy stories of the Biblical figures.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Phenominal!, February 23, 2008

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intheson "intheson" (palmdale) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Bible's Most Fascinating People: Stories from the Old and New Testaments (Hardcover)

Honestly... This book is amazing. I love the information and the artwork is beautiful. This piece, on my coffee table, is a topic of conversation and learning. At night, coffee in hand, I sit and learn. BTW, the family trees alone, found within the book, make the purchase price a bargain! This book is concise, easy-to-understand, unlike other readers digest books of the Bible that I have purchased in the past. I just "get-it" if you know what I mean.