Characters from A History of God: The 4000-year Quest of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam

Character Descriptions

This section provides a short description of all the major characters in the book. This can be printed out as a study guide for students, used as a "key" for leading a class discussion, or you can jump to the quiz/homework section to find worksheets that incorporate these descriptions into a variety of question formats.

Characters

Abraham - This character is reputed to have been one of the chieftains of the people wandering through Mesopotamia in the Tigris Euphrates valley at the end of the third millennium BCE.

Moses - This character was the leader of the descendants of Abraham who was enslaved by the Egyptians.

Jesus of Nazareth - This character led a perfectly normal life until the age of thirty when he began to preach to his fellow townsmen.

St. Paul - This character was the earliest Christian writer and he left a large number of letters...
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