Peculiar treasures / Frederick Buechner ; with illustrations by Katherine A. Buechner.
1993
220.92 B928p
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Title
Peculiar treasures / Frederick Buechner ; with illustrations by Katherine A. Buechner.
Author
ISBN
0060611413 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9780060611415 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9780060611415 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
Imprint
[San Francisco, Calif.] : Harper San Francisco, [1993]
Language
English
Description
xiii, 205 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Call Number
220.92 B928p
System Control No.
(OCoLC)27728495
(OCoLC)27728495
(OCoLC)27728495
Summary
In this second book of his popular lexical trilogy, Frederick Buechner profiles more than 125 of the Bible's most holy and profane people -- and one whale. In his lively and witty prose, Buechner brings to life such moments from scripture as: Adam's pangs of regret for a remembered Eden; Delilah's last glimpse of Samson as they dragged him away; Lazarus's first impressions upon rising from the dead. To read Peculiar Treasures is to realize that many of these legendary figures are not who we thought they were. But they are -- in their human dreams, ambitions, and imperfections -- very much like us.
Formatted Contents Note
Aaron
Abel (see Cain)
Abishag
Abraham
Absalom
Adam
Agag
Agrippa
Ahab
Ahasuerus (see Xerxes)
Amos
Ananias
Balaam
Barabbas
Bathsheba
Belshazzar
Boaz (see Ruth)
Caesar Augustus
Caiaphas
Cain
Daniel
David
Deborah
Delilah
Dinah
Elijah
Elisha
Esau
Esther (see Xerxes)
Ethiopian Eunuch
Eutychus
Eve
Ezekiel
Felix
Gabriel
Gehazi (see Naaman)
Gideon
Goliath
Gomer
Hagar
Ham
Haman (see Xerxes)
Herod Antipas
Herod the Great
Hiram
Holofernes (see Judith)
Hosea (see Gomer)
Isaac
Isaiah
Jacob
Jael
Jeremiah
Jesus
Jezebel (see Ahab, Elijah)
Job
John the Baptist
John the Evangelist
Jonah
Jonathan
Joseph and his brethren
Joseph of Arimathea
Joseph the husband of Mary
Joshua
Judas.
Judith
Koheleth
Korah
Laban (see Jacob, Rachel)
Lazarus
Leah (see Rachel)
Lot
Lucifer
Luke
Mark
Mary
Mary Magdalene
Matthew
Mephibosheth
Micah
Mordecai (see Xerxes)
Moses
Naaman
Naomi (see Ruth)
Nathan
Nathaniel
Nebuchadnezzar
Nehemiah
Nicodemus
Noah
Onan
Onesimus
Paul
Peter
Philemon (see Onesimus)
Philip (see Ethiopian Eunich, Nathaniel, Simon Magus)
Pilate
Queen of Sheba
Quirinius
Rachel
Rahab
Rebecca
Ruth
Salome
Samson (see Delilah)
Samuel
Sapphira (see Ananias)
Sarah
Saul
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego (see Nebuchadnezzar)
Simeon
Simon Magnus
Solomon
Stephen
Susanna
Thomas
Tobias
Uriah the Hittite
Vashti
Whale
Wise men
Witch of Endor
Xerxes
Yahweh
Zaccheus.
Abel (see Cain)
Abishag
Abraham
Absalom
Adam
Agag
Agrippa
Ahab
Ahasuerus (see Xerxes)
Amos
Ananias
Balaam
Barabbas
Bathsheba
Belshazzar
Boaz (see Ruth)
Caesar Augustus
Caiaphas
Cain
Daniel
David
Deborah
Delilah
Dinah
Elijah
Elisha
Esau
Esther (see Xerxes)
Ethiopian Eunuch
Eutychus
Eve
Ezekiel
Felix
Gabriel
Gehazi (see Naaman)
Gideon
Goliath
Gomer
Hagar
Ham
Haman (see Xerxes)
Herod Antipas
Herod the Great
Hiram
Holofernes (see Judith)
Hosea (see Gomer)
Isaac
Isaiah
Jacob
Jael
Jeremiah
Jesus
Jezebel (see Ahab, Elijah)
Job
John the Baptist
John the Evangelist
Jonah
Jonathan
Joseph and his brethren
Joseph of Arimathea
Joseph the husband of Mary
Joshua
Judas.
Judith
Koheleth
Korah
Laban (see Jacob, Rachel)
Lazarus
Leah (see Rachel)
Lot
Lucifer
Luke
Mark
Mary
Mary Magdalene
Matthew
Mephibosheth
Micah
Mordecai (see Xerxes)
Moses
Naaman
Naomi (see Ruth)
Nathan
Nathaniel
Nebuchadnezzar
Nehemiah
Nicodemus
Noah
Onan
Onesimus
Paul
Peter
Philemon (see Onesimus)
Philip (see Ethiopian Eunich, Nathaniel, Simon Magus)
Pilate
Queen of Sheba
Quirinius
Rachel
Rahab
Rebecca
Ruth
Salome
Samson (see Delilah)
Samuel
Sapphira (see Ananias)
Sarah
Saul
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego (see Nebuchadnezzar)
Simeon
Simon Magnus
Solomon
Stephen
Susanna
Thomas
Tobias
Uriah the Hittite
Vashti
Whale
Wise men
Witch of Endor
Xerxes
Yahweh
Zaccheus.
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