הגיבורים שלי: ארבע הרצאות תנ"כיות

by Yair Lapid, יאיר לפיד

127 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2008

About the author

Yair Lapid (Hebrew: יאיר לפיד), writer, popular TV host, journalist, and former Finance Minister of Israel, was born in Tel Aviv in 1963. He grew up in London and Tel Aviv, and began his journalistic career while still serving in the army. After his discharge, he wrote for the daily Maariv, and published poems in literary journals. In 1986, he worked as a movie director for Cannon Films in Los Angeles, and in 1988 he became editor of the weekly Tel Aviv. Lapid's varied career has also included songwriting, lead parts in movies, literary translation, writing a musical, producing documentary interviews with international figures and hosting entertainment and talk shows on Israel TV. For many years, he was also news anchor on Channel 2 TV. In 2012 Lapid left Channel 2 and entered politics. He founded the Yesh Atid (There Is a Future) Party, which became the second largest party in Israel in the 2013 election, and served as Israeli Minister of Finance from March 2013 until December 2014.
Lapid's four suspense novels have been bestsellers, and for his bestselling non-fiction books he has received the Publishers Association's Gold and Platinum Prizes (2006, 2010, 2011, 2015).

Reviews

[Barry · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amazing Book- second one I have read from the Hebrew. Explores Biblical Figures- stories most of us know- but thru the lens of modern psychology- and reaches some startling conclusions. I thought I knew these stories- but some totally unexpected rational scenarios are presented - based on the actual Biblical Text . Heroes and Bad Guys are not quite as clear as when I first studied these texts- Really a great read