2017年12月22日 星期五

Dr. Jean-Pierre Isbouts

Dr. Jean-Pierre Isbouts is a humanities scholar, bestselling author and award-winning filmmaker, specializing in European history, the culture  of the Near East and Renaissance art.

A graduate professor in the doctoral programs of Fielding Graduate University in Santa Barbara, CA:
 
he gained worldwide renown with
his 2006 book The Biblical World, which became an international bestseller and is now in its fourth print. This success led to a series of National Geographic books, including

the bestsellers In the Footsteps of Jesus (2011)

and The Story of Christianity (2014).

Prof. Isbouts has been featured on a number of radio and television shows, including, most recently, the December 2015  BBC TV special on Leonardo da Vinci, and the upcoming documentary The Mona Lisa Code for PBS.

His new book is Ten Prayers that Changed the World, from Abraham to Gandhi. Published by Random House and National Geographic,

it is supported by a major nationwide publicity campaign. His other 2016 book is Young Leonardo, which argues that Leonardo was not the favored court artist in Milan that traditional scholarship holds him to be.

Who's Who in the Bible: Unforgettable People and Timeless Stories from Genesis to Revelation Hardcover – Nov 5 2013

Archaeology of the Bible: The Greatest Discoveries From Genesis to the Roman Era – 2016


From ancient holy sites, to buried relics and treasures, National Geographic uncovers the history and the archaeological discoveries from Scripture and the biblical world.
Richly illustrated and written from an objective and nondenominational perspective, author Jean-Pierre Isbouts uses the latest scientific and archaeological discoveries to place biblical stories in the framework of human history.
Chapters, beginning with the dawn of human civilization and ending with present day and the future of archaeology, chronicle hundreds of sites and artifacts found in Sumer, Babylon, the Second Temple, along the route of the Exodus, and in many other regions across the Middle East. Timelines bridge hundreds of years and several empires, maps give readers a visual sense of location, while hundreds of photos and illustrations of rare artifacts and ancient places add to the visual splendor. lt concludes with details of what remains to be found and the evolving dynamic of biblical faith in an increasingly scientific world in which archaeologists make daily breakthroughs.

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