The Third Thousand Years -- From Abraham to David

by W. Cleon Skousen

Overview

The Third Thousand Years were ten turbulent centuries filled with pathos and drama. This is the era of the amazing life of Moses, and the flood of miracles that exceeded any other epic until the ministry of Jesus Christ. He was followed by Joshua, the great Ephraimite general who conquered Palestine, the prophets and judges Gideon, Deborah, Samson, Ruth, Eli, Samuel and the tragic biography of the famous King Saul. All of these belong to the provocative and dramatic unfolding of events during the exciting third thousand years.

Fully illustrated. This eBook includes the original index, footnotes, table of contents and page numbering from the printed format.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940013217386
Publisher:	Verity Publishing
Publication date:	09/22/2011
Series:	The Thosuand Years Series , #2
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Sales rank:	646,911
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

W. Cleon Skousen, the second of nine children, was born in Raymond, Alberta, Canada, in 1913. He moved to California with his parents at the age of ten.

He began a careful study of the scriptures at the age of 17 when he was called on a mission to England, and had a well-known scriptural scholar, Dr. John A. Widtsoe, as his first mentor.

He subsequently graduated from George Washington University with a Juris Doctorate degree. After law school, he spent sixteen years with the FBI, four years as chief of police in Salt Lake City, and then served for ten years as a full professor at Brigham Young University in the Department of Religion.

He has written more than a dozen books on scriptural subjects and considerably more on various secular themes.

He has conducted many tours to the Holy Land and has lectured in 45 different countries.

He and his wife Jewel have eight children and fifty grandchildren.