Fifty biblical portraits / Paul Beauchamp ; drawings by Pierre Grassignoux ; translated by Peter Rogers.

Author/creator Beauchamp, Paul
Format Electronic
Publication InfoMilwaukee, Wis. : Marquette University Press,
Description246 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
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Uniform titleCinquante portraits bibliques. English
SeriesMarquette studies in theology ; no. 74
Contents Abraham : the chosen one -- Abraham : in the beginning was the plural -- Abraham : life, death -- Abraham : binding and unbinding -- The name of Isaac : "WiIl Laugh" -- Jacob the deceiver -- Jacob, continued -- Jacob the wrestler -- Joseph -- Moses between two peoples -- Moses the visionary -- Moses in the place of God -- Moses and Pharaoh -- Moses in the sin of his people -- The raised-up serpent -- Joshua conquers the Promised Land -- Rahab and the Wall of Jericho -- Samson, or brimming over -- Ruth : bread, flesh, word -- Samuel : a transition -- Samuel executes the King of the Amalekites -- Saul : the elected and rejected king -- David : courage and ability -- David the beloved -- David put to the test -- From David to Jesus -- Solomon and wisdom -- Adam -- Adam and Eve -- After Solomon : Rehoboam -- Jeroboam : the secession of the North -- Elija : like fire -- Another Elija -- Elija, yesterday and tomorrow -- Elisha the disciple -- The prophet Hosea -- Isaiah -- Isaiah : births -- Jeremiah and the end of the kings -- Jeremiah and Moses -- Jeremiah towards the future -- Ezekiel -- An unknown person : the "Servant" -- Nehemiah : the return -- Job : the cry of the leper -- Jonah and the man from everywhere -- Tobit, his son Tobit, and Raphael -- Esther or disguises -- Judith -- Daniel and the end of times -- Appendix. Portraits and genealogies in the Bible.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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LCCN 2011002067
ISBN9780874627893 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0874627893 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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