The story of Joseph and the amazing colour dream coat is very well known particularly because of the musical of that name, but like all musicals and stage plays certain facts and implications can be altered to suit the script and music. There is no doubt that Joseph was an amazing character who went through the most severe and life-changing training for his life-saving task of feeding tens of thousands of people through an area wide, very severe drought. But it was his efforts in getting his brothers to acknowledge their sin against him and then show compassion and forgive them totally which was his crowning achievement. In my book, The Origin of Life: God's Relationship With Man in Genesis, the similarities between the life of Joseph and that of the Messiah is detailed, making that a study all of its own. This book examines his life and also the lives of other very ordinary, but truly remarkable Biblical characters, identifying those aspects of their lives from which we, in the 21st century, could well learn a great deal. Just because they lived in the early years of mankind did not mean that they had an easy life. What identified them as special is the way they handled their particular and very real problems and still remained faithful to the Creator God who called them to serve Him. It is the example of such people that assist us to stay focused and serve the same living God they so dutifully and tenaciously served during their life on earth. Studying these characters was an inspiration.About the Author: After an electrical engineering apprenticeship in the Royal Navy, Peter went on to serve on a number of ships in different parts of the world, finally being responsible for the weapons maintenance department of a frigate and lecturing to trainee officers on weapon systems. He also spent two years at the Royal Navy's training college in Fareham, Hampshire instructing on underwater weapon and defence systems. Leaving the service in 1969, Peter worked as a quality engineer for the British Aircraft Corporation on spacecraft and guided weapon systems before moving to R. A Lister (Diesels) where he became a technical author in 1984. He then worked as a contract author, mostly in the nuclear industry, writing instructional and training documentation before finally retiring in 2011. Peter gained membership of the Society of Authors in 1993 For over 20 years, Peter was a Methodist Local Preacher before becoming an official prison visitor and worshipping with his wife at the prison he visits in order to focus on supporting prisoners who wanted to change their lives around. Peter met a Jew named Derek who had become a Christian in prison. On his release to the local community, Peter was able to help him adjust to a new life of going straight. It was Derek who first asked Peter to write on scripture. After which Derek's brother Aaron, a rabbi serving in the USA, came under the influence of Peter's writing and became a Christian. Aaron asked him to write first on the book of Revelation and then on the subject of Moses' Tent of the Meeting, which he self-published early 2011. He currently has 14 books on Amazon for downloading to an eBook reader with an increasing number also being published as paperbacks. Peter has been married for 53 years (2014) with three sons and six grandchildren. His autobiographical book explaining how he came to write so many books is called "A Tale of Three Men".