Exploring People of the Old Testament

by John Phillips

An incredible resource for anyone who desires to explore the meaning of God's Word in greater depth, the John Phillips Bible Characters Series examines the lives of Bible personalities great and small and shows how their lives can teach and inspire today's Christian. Readers of this third volume in the series will gain fresh insight into the lives of the Old Testament prophets. Includes outlines and numerous illustrations and quotations.

304 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2007

About the author

Dr. John Phillips was born in Britain. He served in the British Army in Palestine where he saw many of the events which led to the birth of the State of Israel. After the War he joined the Bank of Montreal and went to Canada. In the Canadian north-west he founded and pastored a small church in a bi-vocational capacity. He served as assistant director of the Moody Bible Institute's Correspondence School and became well known as a Bible teacher in the Moody Evening School and over the Moody Radio Network. For four years he directed the Emmaus Correspondence School, one of the largest in the world at that time with courses available in over 100 languages. Returning to Moody Bible Institute he traveled widely as an itinerant Bible teacher for the Institute's Extension Ministry. He is best known for his EXPLORING and INTRODUCING books. He has written on all the New Testament books and on numerous Old Testament books including EXPLORING GENESIS, EXPLORING PSALMS (2 vols), EXPLORING PROVERBS (2 vols) and EXPLORING THE MINOR PROPHETS. Dr. Phillips' resources have been the companions of pastors, teachers and Bible students everywhere who have turned to them for instruction, illumination, and illustration.

Reviews

[Art Sathoff]

pretty scholarly and not a quick read though once Phillips style becomes clear, it gets a little easier
interesting, in depth studies