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Contents List of Abbreviations 7 Introduction 9 Part One: People in the Old Testament The First Humans 17 Job and His Comforters 32 The Patriarchs 40 Egypt: Arrival, Living, and Exodus 74 Israel's Judges 106 Ruth and Her Circle 121 Samuel and the First King 125 King David and His Circle 138 Judah's Kings 175 Judah's Prophets 200 Israel's Kings 220 Israel's Prophets 238 In Exile 250 Return from Exile 261 Part Two: People in the New Testament Jesus Christ and His Contemporaries 275 The Twelve Apostles and Their Contemporaries 292 Jesus' Enemies 313 Jesus' Friends 319 The Acts of the Apostles 330 The Apostle John and His Circle 345 The Apostle Paul and His Circle 347 Paul's Friends and Converts 369 Paul's Enemies 377 Roman Rulers 381 Part Three: All the People of the Bible Alphabetical List of Bible Names 387 Index of Names in Parts 1 and 2 487
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Bible -- Biography -- Encyclopedias.