-More than any Other book, the Bible offers an amazing collection of fascinating Characters ranging from the holiest of the holy to some of the most depraved Scoundrels imaginable.
This is a book to dip into and enjoy over and over..
Persons covered in greater detail in the main part of the book are identified in bold print.
Losch\'s intriguing look at all the People in the Bible is anything but a dry reference work.
That listing, -All the People in the Bible and Apocrypha, - includes pronunciations, brief identifications, and biblical references.
Names of People who are found only in genealogies or who had no significant effect on history are included solely in the alphabetical listing starting on page 452.
From the first article on Aaron to the final entry on Zophar, Richard Losch details each person in a lively narrative style.
The bulk of the book consists of Losch\'s A-Z articles covering the familiar and the not-so-familiar figures in Scripture.
Losch (from the preface)A comprehensive gathering of persons found in the Bible, including the Apocrypha, All the People in the Bible really delivers on its title: literally all of the Bible\'s Characters appear in this fascinating reference work.
For this reason we have in many cases been able to tell much more about them than the Bible alone reveals.- -- Richard R.
Many are mentioned only in passing, yet history and archaeology can often fill in the blanks and flesh them out as exciting human beings. -More than any Other book, the Bible offers an amazing collection of fascinating Characters ranging from the holiest of the holy to some of the most depraved Scoundrels imaginable
