Who’s Who in the Bible

904 Pages·1980·123.31 MB·English

by  Ronald Brownrigg

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The New Testament
byRonaldBrownrigg
With over 900 black-and-white illustrations
and maps and 32full-color illustrations
This unique and vivid reference book
brings to life the characters wh—o throng
the Old and New Testaments the pa-
triarchs, kings, warriors, prophets, and
sages, and those who knew Jesus. In ad-
dition to these fascinatinghistories, many
beautiful illustrations record the land and
sites as they exist today as well as provid-
ing historical and geographical back-
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The Old Testament
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an exciting depiction of the people of the
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Old Testament its heroes, villains, and
ordinary people. It tells of their migra-
tions, battles, and dynastic intrigues,
their loves and hates, and their profound
spiritual insights. The result is a series of
biographical narratives of absorbing
human interest. They are based on the
biblical text and set in the context of his-
toryand geography, asilluminatedbyup-
to-date scholarly research and by archae-
ological discoveries in the Holy Land.
There are some 3,000 entries. Most of
the text is devoted to the important
characters, butnotonepersonmentioned
in the Old Testament is omitted.
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WHO
WHO'S
THE
BIBLE
IN
Two Volumes One
in
Who
Who's
in the
Old Testament
together with the Apocrypha
by Joan Comay
Who
Who's
in the
New
Testament
by Ronald Brownrigg
BONANZA BOOKS
New York
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This book was originally published in two volumes.
Who's Who in the Old Testament copyright © 1971 by Joan Comay
Who's Who in theNew Testament copyright © 1971 by Ronald Brownrigg
All rights reserved.
The Scripture quotations in this publication are from the Revised
Standard Version Bible, copyright 1946 and 1952 by the Division of
Christian Education, National Council ofthe Churches ofChrist in the
U.S.A., and used by permission.
This edition is published by Bonanza Books, a division ofCrown
Publishers, Inc., by arrangement with Holt, Rinehart and Winston,
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BONANZA 1980 EDITION
Manufactured in the United States ofAmerica
Who's Who in the Old Testament designed by Juanita Grout
Who's Who in the New Testament designed by Margaret Downing
Library ofCongress Cataloging in Publication Data
Main entry under title:
Who's who in the Bible.
CONTENTS: Comay, J. Wh—o's who in the Old Testament,
together with the Apocrypha. Brownrigg, R. Who's who in
the New Te—stament.
1. Bible Biography. I. Comay, Joan. Who's who
in the Old Testament, together with the Apocrypha.
1980. II. Brownrigg, Ronald. Who's who in the New
Testament. 1980.
BS570.W56 1980 220.9'2 [B] 80-17306
ISBN 0-517-32170-X
Volume One
Who
Who's
in the
Old
Testament
together with the Apocrypha
Comay
Joan
Advisory editors for this volume
:
Rabbi Michael Graetz,
Encyclopaedia Judaica, Jerusalem
Revd Dr Leonard Cowie, F.R.Hist.S.,
Senior Lecturer in History, Whitelands
College, London

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Contents
List ofmaps 6
Author's preface 7
Author's acknowledgments 8
Photographic acknowledgments 8
Introduction to the Old Testament
1
The Books ofthe Old Testament
1
The physical setting
1
Chronology 16
Who
Who's in the Old Testament 21
Introduction to the Apocrypha 40
Who
Who's Apocrypha
in the 404
maps
List of
Main Old Testament archaeological sites 10
David's Empire 94
The growth ofthe Assyrian Empire 159
The divided monarchy in the days ofJeroboam n and Uzziah 206
Canaan showing Joshua's campaigns 234
The Israelite division ofCanaan according to tribes 240
The conjectured route ofthe Exodus 273
The Persian Empire 296
The Babylonian Empire 389
The Seleucid and Ptolemaic Empires 425