Biblical Heroes and Villains (Speaker: Steve Ruth)
This topic reviews dozens of powerful characters in the Old and New Testaments. Research has uncovered many fascinating insights. For example, King David probably had a very unhappy childhood, as described in one of his psalms. Even though the Persians occupied Israel for over 200 years, King Cyrus was extolled in Isaiah and also by President Harry Truman. There are several branches of the Christian religion which have bestowed the title of saint on Pontius Pilate. In a single chapter of one of Paul’s epistles, he praises a dozen specific women. The course is not about zingers and unusual findings. The basic approach is to present a very human perspective on dozens of mostly well-known biblical figures, but there are quite a few like Lydia and Apollos in Acts, Huldah in 2nd Kings and 2nd Chronicles, and others who may not be so well-known.
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