Who's Who in the Bible: An Illustrated Guide - Hardcover

Dr. Stephen Motyer

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1577271106 ISBN 13: 9781577271109

Publisher: Jubilee Publishing Group, 1998

Synopsis

Who's Who in the Bible introduces hundreds of the characters named in the Bible. People appear in sequence, following the Bible's storyline, and are also grouped thematically, such as Moses and the Israelites, The Kings of Judah, and The Twelve Disciples. Biographical entries for more than 400 Bible characters are grouped thematically. Finely detailed color artworks fit faces to the names, while illustrated feature boxes tell the stories of major personalities such as David and Goliath or Paul the Apostle. Packed with color illustrations and photos showing key events, places, and objects. Chapter references for each character make it easy to look up the relevant texts in the Bible.

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Review:

As the title suggests, this is more a reference book than bedtime reading, but it is exceptionally well-illustrated (by Peter Dennis) and shares with the best reference books that hypnotic quality that can lead to hours of random browsing. Although split into sections that tell a particular story (e.g. "The Patriarchs," "The First Israelite Kings," "The Twelve Disciples") most of the text is given over to roughly 100-word biographies--many illustrated--of individuals. These range in familiarity from Abraham and Moses to Sihon and Achish, and are interspersed with dozens of useful little insets on subjects such as the Exodus and the Divided Kingdom. (Ages 6 and older)

About this edition

• Publisher: Jubilee Publishing Group
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 1577271106
• ISBN 13: 9781577271109
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 64
• Illustrator: Peter Dennis