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| Genre/Form: | Biographies Commentaries Biography |
|---|---|
| Material Type: | Biography |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
John Phillips |
| ISBN: | 0825433843 9780825433849 0825433851 9780825433856 082543386X 9780825433863 |
| OCLC Number: | 70689089 |
| Description: | 3 volumes ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | v. 1. [Adam-Ehud] (298 p.) -- v. 2. [Barak-Jabez] (285 p.) -- v. 3. [The old prophet and his guile-Joshua] (298 p.). v. 1. Adam and his world -- Eve: Adam's wife -- Cain and his creed -- Enoch: a candidate for rapture -- Noah: "All aboard!" -- Ham: a shameless scoffer -- Nimrod: author of confusion -- Abraham: friend of God -- Lot: the persistent backslider -- Hagar: Abraham's bondwoman -- Isaac and his family -- Jacob and his ways -- Esau: rebel-born -- Leah: the unwanted wife -- Reuben: the firstborn -- Young Joseph at home -- Joseph in adversity -- Joseph in advancement -- Joseph and his present -- Joseph: "Go tell my father" -- -- Joseph: blessed of God -- Joseph and his bones -- Job: none like him on earth -- Jochebed: the mother of Moses -- Pharaoh and his hard heart -- Aaron and his call -- Balaam and his curse -- Issachar and his men -- Joshua: conqueror of Canaan -- Caleb: a grand old warrior -- Rahab: the harlot -- Hannah and her faith -- Ehud: the left-handed judge. v. 2. Barak: the weak judge -- Jephthah: the harsh judge -- Gideon and his sign -- Shamgar: a little known judge -- Samson: the philandering judge -- Eli: a weak, old judge -- The leper and his cure -- The Nazarite: all on the altar -- Boaz: mighty man of wealth -- Ruth: a pagan seeker -- Elimelech: the backslider -- Naomi: the restored backslider -- Saul: a big fool of a man -- David and Goliath the giant -- Abigail: a spiritual bride -- Jonathan: David's friend -- Mephibosheth: a trophy of grace -- Michal: Saul's daughter -- Joab: David's general -- Abner: Saul's general -- Absalom: David's favorite -- Shimei: David's foul-mouthed foe -- Barzillai: David's aged friend -- Ahithophel: David's Judas -- Ittai, Zadok, and Hushai: David's three wise men -- Abiathar: David's priest -- David and Bathsheba -- Solomon: the worldly king -- Rehoboam: the foolish king -- Joash: the ungrateful king -- The sons of Shelah -- Jabez and his problem. v. 3. The old prophet and his guile -- Elijah and his faith -- The servant who was too busy -- Elisha and the missing master -- Elisha and the professing preachers -- Elisha and the worthless water -- Elisha and the scoffing students -- Elisha and the weeping widow -- Elisha and the woeful woman -- Elisha and the poisoned pottage -- Elisha and the lordly leper -- Elisha and the sinful servant -- Elisha and the fearful famine -- Elisha and the worried workers -- Elisha and the Syrian sovereign -- Jeremiah and his woes -- Josiah: the reforming king -- Ezekiel: the sign-giving prophet -- Daniel: the beloved of God -- Hosea: the betrayed prophet -- Joel: the prophet of the plague -- Amos: the small-town prophet -- Obadiah and his focus on Edom -- Jonah: the runaway prophet -- Micah: the country cousin -- Nahum: prophet of Nineveh's doom -- Habakkuk: the prophet with a problem -- Zephaniah: the royal prophet -- Haggai: prophet of a changing world -- Zechariah: the murdered prophet -- Malachi and his long, last call -- Joshua: high priest of the return. |
| Series Title: | John Phillips Bible characters series. |
| Responsibility: | John Phillips. |
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