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National Geographic Who's Who in the Bible: Unforgettable People and Timeless Stories from Genesis to Revelation
By Isbouts, Jean-Pierre
- ISBN
- 9781426211591
- Publisher
- National Geographic
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Starred Review on January 1, 2014 | Reference
Isbouts (humanities, Fielding Graduate Univ.; The Biblical World) has written an exquisite reference guide to the personalities in the Bible. More than 2,000 entries of varying lengths are organized across five chapters spanning Genesis to Revelation. Each chapter opens with a brief introduction describing the origin of the books and their stories with explanations of the politics, history, and institutions within those biblical texts. The second half contains an alphabetical dictionary of the men and women mentioned in the particular segment studi...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
