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What sort of "person" is God? Is it possible to approach him not as an object of religious reverence, but as the protagonist of the world's greatest book--as a character who possesses all the depths, contradictions, and abiguities of a Hamlet? In this "brilliant, audacious book" (Chicago... read more
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Characters/People edit
- David: Add a description of this character.
- Jacob
- Joseph
- Abraham
- Abram
- Judah
- Daniel
- Isaac
- Solomon
- Joshua
- Moses
- Cain
- Isaiah
- Adam
- Esther
- Ruth
- Jeremiah
- Sarah
- Elijah
- Saul
- Samuel
- Malachi
- Haggai
- Zerubbabel
- Mordecai
- Baal
- Nehemiah
- Pharaoh
- Jonathan
- Ezra
- Ishmael
- Hannah
- Hazael
- Naomi
- Haman
- Aram
- Dinah
- Rachel
- Cyrus
- Moabite
- Manasseh
- Leah
- Aaron
- Boaz
- Mot
- Bathsheba
- Hagar
- Uriah
First Sentence edit
Can a literary character be said to live a life from birth to death or otherwise to undergo a development from beginning to end?
Authors & Contributors edit
- Jack Miles (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Vintage Books
Country: United States
Publication Date: April 1996
ISBN: Add the ISBN.
Page Count: 446
Publisher: Vintage Books
Country: United States
Publication Date: April 1996
ISBN: Add the ISBN.
Page Count: 446
Awards edit
- Pulitzer Prize (1996: Biography)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 231
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