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

• Superior document: Marquette studies in theology ; number 74
• Author: Beauchamp, Paul.
• TeilnehmendeR: Rogers, Peter,; Grassignoux, Pierre,
• Place / Publishing House: Milwaukee, Wisconsin : : Marquette University Press,, [2011]; 2011
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Language: English; French
• Series: Marquette studies in theology ; #74.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (247 pages) :; illustrations.

Table of 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.