Bible Characters, Vol. 5
Overview
Alexander Whyte’s Bible Characters are exciting evocations of both prominent and little-known personalities in the Old and New Testaments. Whyte, a minister in the Free Church of Scotland in the late nineteenth century, dedicated the majority of his literary career studying various figures contained in the Bible, and these six volumes are the fruit of his hard labor. Drawing directly from the Bible, but also referencing the work of other notable scholars, Whyte’s skillful rendering of these men and women is informative and illuminating.
Characters included:
- Stephen
- Philip: Deacon and Evangelist
- Cornelius
- Eutychus
- Felix
- Festus
- King Agrippa
- Luke, the Beloved Physician
- Onesiphorus
- Alexander the Coppersmith
- Paul As a Student
- Paul As Apprehended of Christ Jesus
- Paul in Arabia
- Paul’s Visit to Jerusalem to See Peter
- Paul As a Pastor
- Paul As a Controversialist
- Paul As a Man of Prayer
- Paul As a Believing Man
- Paul As the Chief of Sinners
- The Thorn in Paul’s Flesh
- Paul As Sold Under Sin
- Paul’s Blamelessness as a Minister
- Paul’s Great Heaviness and Continual Sorrow of Heart
- Paul the Aged
- Apollos
- Lois and Eunice
- Timothy As a Child
- Timothy As a Young Minister
Praise for the Print Edition
No one takes a stronger grip on us—mind and very soul—in his expounding of Bible characters than Dr. Whyte
—The Presbyterian Review
We know of no writer who can make more real the personalities of these Bible characters, or can bring home more vividly or helpfully the lessons of their words and deeds.
—Christian Guardian
Each subject is handled with originality, freshness, skill, and sanctified scholarship.
—English Churchman
Terse, strong, epigrammatic in his style, he penetrates to the core of character, and expounds it, and all the lessons it teaches, in fine English.
—The N.Y. Observer
Product Details
- Title: Bible Characters, Vol. 5
- Author: Alexander Whyte
- Publisher: Oliphant, Anderson & Ferrier
- Publication Date: 1896
- Pages: 310
Alexander Whyte (1836–1921) was a popular preacher and writer. He attended the University of Aberdeen and New College in Edinburgh. Whyte served as an assistant minister at Free St. Johns in Glasgow. Following that, he was a colleague at Free St. George’s in Edinburgh. Whyte has written several books including the six-volume Bible Characters series and Samuel Rutherford Collection.