Clouds of Glory Legends and Stories About Bible Times
by Miriam. Chaikin
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 039574654X
- ISBN 13
- 9780395746547
- Seller
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About This Item
March 1998 oversize hardcover 1st edition 1st printing with illustrated boards and full number line inscribed (which ALWAYS means to a particular person) by author Miriam Chaikin on the ffep in April 1999. Slight tilt to spine, top front corner bumped, a hint of rubbing on cover, else fine. Oversize book – extra shipping charges will apply for international and priority orders as this will not fit into a flat rate envelope.
Synopsis
Where is God? What are angels? Who made them? Such questions have arisen over the ages and are answered with a type of story Jews call Midrash-Midrashim in the plural. The Hebrew word means "search and explain." The search takes place in the pages of the Bible. The explanation, the Midrash, is based on an answer found in those pages. New stories led to others, and eventually to a vast library of Midrashim. A selection of these have been woven into the stories in this book, retellings from the Book of Genesis: from Creation to the world of angels, the fall of Satan, Cain and Abel, the Emerald Book of Secrets, good King Methuselah, Noah and Naamah, and the binding of Isaac. Stunning woodcut illustrations accompany these graceful, witty stories in a book that will illuminate familiar texts in a thought-provoking and entertaining way.
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- Bookseller
- Dave's Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5405
- Title
- Clouds of Glory Legends and Stories About Bible Times
- Author
- Miriam. Chaikin
- Illustrator
- Frampton, David
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 039574654X
- ISBN 13
- 9780395746547
- Publisher
- Clarion Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- March 23, 1998
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