Great Biblical Characters: Illustrated Profiles of People in the Bible [Hardcover]

Corinne Bonnet (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 15, 1996

The Bible, one of the basic texts of our modern culture, is finally narrated in a very original and clear manner.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 160 pages
• Publisher: Gremese; 160th edition (January 15, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 8873010504
• ISBN-13: 978-8873010500
• Product Dimensions: 11.8 x 9.2 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,019,979 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars The Old Testament in History and Art, March 27, 2000

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Edmund N. Santurri (Northfield, Minnesota USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Great Biblical Characters: Illustrated Profiles of People in the Bible (Hardcover)

This books combines historically informed commentaries on Old Testament narratives and personages with illustrations of paintings by great artists in the history of the west (e.g., Michelangelo, Caravaggio, Rubens, Rembrandt, Poussin, Chagall). The authors of the commentaries (Bonnet and Xella) are historians of the ancient near east, and their analyses nicely delineate the characters of the ancient cultures from which the biblical stories emerge. The authors are especially sensitive to issues of comparative religion, including the degree to which Old Testament characters and narratives represent types found in other religions of ancient, near eastern culture. There is little commentary on the art works, themselves; nonetheless, I am a college teacher of a course in Bible and Visual Art, and I am likely to use this book the next time I teach the course.