Peculiar Treasures

In this second book of his popular lexical trilogy Frederick Buechner profiles more than 125 of the Bible's most holy and profane people -- and one whale. In his lively and witty prose Buechner brings to life such moments from scripture as: </p></p><ul><li>Adam's pangs of regret for a remembered Eden</li></ul><p></p></p><ul><li>Delilah's last glimpse of Samson as they dragged him away</li></ul><p></p></p><ul><li>Lazarus's first impressions upon rising from the dead</li></ul><p></p>To read <em>Peculiar Treasures</em> is to realize that many of these legendary figures are not who we thought they were. But they are -- in their human dreams ambitions and imperfections -- very much like us.</p>