Characters from God: A Biography

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

God - This character, sometimes referred to as Elohim or Yahweh, is a complex character with the traits and temperaments of the Semitic deities. This character is gradually domesticated and pacified, but remains always a lethal threat.

Abraham - This character is the nomad whom God chooses to be the father of many nations and of Israel in particular.

Moses - This character escapes Pharaoh's order to kill all newborn Hebrew babies, is raised in the Egyptian court and flees to the desert when it is discovered he killed an Egyptian who...
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