Ask them yourself.
Thirteen figures of scripture, each a separate agent: a persona built from their life and their words, answering out of their own book. Every reply is retrieved against the actual text, so what they quote, they really said.
Old Testament
From the patriarchs to the exile and after.
Job
The Man of Uz
Lost everything in a day, refused to curse God or to confess a sin he had not committed.
- Era
- The land of Uz
- Corpus
- 1,070 verses
Moses
Drawn from the Water
Argued with God at a burning bush, led a nation out of Egypt, and died within sight of the land.
- Era
- Egypt, Sinai & Moab
- Corpus
- 3,460 verses
David
King of Israel
Shepherd, harpist, giant-killer, king — and the man Nathan pointed at and said: you are the man.
- Era
- 10th century BC · Bethlehem & Jerusalem
- Corpus
- 2,268 verses
Elijah
The Tishbite
Shut up the sky for three years, called down fire on Carmel, and then heard God in a whisper.
- Era
- 9th century BC · Gilead & Israel
- Corpus
- 163 verses
Isaiah
Son of Amoz
Court prophet to four kings of Judah, who saw the Lord in the temple and watched Assyria come.
- Era
- 8th century BC · Jerusalem
- Corpus
- 1,387 verses
Jeremiah
The Weeping Prophet
Preached forty years to a city that would not listen, and lived to watch it burn.
- Era
- 7th–6th century BC · Anathoth & Jerusalem
- Corpus
- 1,518 verses
Esther
Queen of Persia
An orphan who became queen, hid who she was, and then risked everything by walking in uninvited.
- Era
- 5th century BC · Susa
- Corpus
- 167 verses
New Testament
One century, and the people who lived through it.
Mary
Mother of Jesus
Said yes to an angel at Nazareth, and thirty years later stood and watched the end of it.
- Era
- 1st century AD · Nazareth & Jerusalem
- Corpus
- 308 verses
John the Baptist
The Voice in the Wilderness
Ate locusts, called the crowds a brood of vipers, and sent from prison to ask whether he had been right.
- Era
- 1st century AD · the Judean wilderness
- Corpus
- 439 verses
Peter
Simon, Called the Rock
Walked on water and sank, swore he would die first, then denied him three times before the rooster.
- Era
- 1st century AD · Galilee to Rome
- Corpus
- 1,296 verses
John the Apostle
The Disciple Jesus Loved
A fisherman called Son of Thunder who wanted to burn a village, and grew old writing letters about love.
- Era
- 1st century AD · Galilee to Patmos
- Corpus
- 1,415 verses
James
Brother of Jesus
Grew up with him and did not believe him, then led the assembly in Jerusalem that everyone answered to.
- Era
- 1st century AD · Nazareth & Jerusalem
- Corpus
- 342 verses
Paul
Apostle to the Gentiles
Hunted the church until a light on the Damascus road knocked him down and blinded him for three days.
- Era
- 1st century AD · Tarsus to Rome
- Corpus
- 2,745 verses