Theology Writing Project

Figures like Eve, Abraham, Moses, David, Mary, and Paul have long drawn the attention of biblical scholars
and practitioners within biblical faith traditions. As a result, a number of popular or semi-popular biographies of
these and other biblical figures have been written in the relatively recent past. This a critical review of one of
these biographies that focuses on how the biography (1) interacts with biblical data and (2) fills any gaps about
the individual's life that the biblical text does not address.