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

by R.P. Nettelhorst

Profiles biblical characters whose lesser-known stories have been integrated into modern culture, in a chronologically arranged volume that is complemented by detailed family trees, historical information, and replicas of classical works of art.

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.