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

by R.P. Nettelhorst

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. Reacers cam view each character through the prism of beautiful fine art images. This book makes a magnificent accompaniment to Bible reading, and a wonderful addition to any church or Sunday school library.  

192 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2008

About the author

R.P. NETTELHORST is a writer of biblically and theologically related works, science fiction, and fantasy, among other things. He did a weekly newspaper column for a small Northern California newspaper called The Ridge Rider News from 2004 through 2016. He intermittently blogs for the Jerusalem Post. Since August 2015 he has been the interim pastor at Quartz Hill Community Church.

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.

Reviews

[Grace · Rating 1 out of 5]

Enjoyed reading about the Bible's most fascinating people but disappointed that the author wasn't thorough on describing each one. Also disappointing was that the author incorporated other religions beliefs and that it wasn't solely of a Christian perspective.
I guess that's what happens when a non Christian writes a book about the Bible.

[Joe · Rating 3 out of 5]

I was impressed with this Reader's Digest publication. With a Table of Contents and an Index this work doubles as a reference guide for later use. While reading through it, I learned some additional facts on Old and New Testament Bible individuals I thought I already knew and some lessor known people. I won't mention who they where. It is illustrated as well as included genealogical family trees where known. I would recommend this for any Bible student.