Name: Peculiar Treasures
ISBN: 9780060611415

Who It's For

Good for readers who enjoy Religion / Biblical Reference / Quotations
Good for readers interested in spiritual
Good for fans of Theology

What You Get

Themes: Women, Religious, Spiritual.
Reading lane: Biblical Reference and Subjects & Themes.
Publisher: HarperCollins.

About This Book

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 fig...

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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.