The Children S Illustrated Jewish Bible

This beautiful book combines lively text and stunning illustrations to bring stories of the Hebrew tradition alive. All the key events in the Hebrew Bible are clearly told in this superb collection of biblical stories for children. There are also four new stories, including "Ezekiel and the Dry Bones" and "Ezra Shares God's Word". It also features the key characters and tells their tales: Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden; Cain and Abel; Noah on the Ark; and the patriarchs. Psalms and poetry are also included, and pages on "Life in Egypt" and "Life in Canaan" - along with glossaries of people and places in the Bible - bring the stories of ancient tradition to life. In the book's foreword, the authors say that we are encouraged to think for ourselves: "The stories of the Bible... can be understood in many ways and on many different levels [and] as we grow up and change, we can see new questions in each story... To write the stories in this book, we looked at the Bible and asked many, many questions. How? What? When? Who? And of course, why? Why, why, why? And why not?" The authors' perfectly pitched retellings aren't simply an introduction to the Bible - they inspire the next generation to carry on the tradition.

Acclaimed storyteller and Jewish scholar Ellen Frankel has masterfully tailored 53 Bible stories that will both delight and educate today’s young readers. Using the 1985 JPS translation (NJPS) of the Hebrew Bible as her foundation, Frankel retains much of the Bible’s original wording and simple narrative style as she incorporates her own exceptional storytelling technique, free of personal interpretation or commentary. Included in the volume is an “Author’s Notebook,” in which Frankel shares with rabbis, parents, and educators the challenges she faced in translating and adapting these stories for children, such as how she deals with adult language in the original Bible text and themes inappropriate for most young readers. With his enticing, full-page color illustrations of each Bible story, award-winning artist Avi Katz ignites readers’ imaginations. His brush captures the vivid personalities and many dramatic moments in this extraordinary collection.

Retells thirteen Old Testament stories, including "The Creation, " "Joseph and His Brothers, " "King Solomon's Judgement, " and "Jonah and the Great Fish."

Seven stories from the Old Testament, such as Noah's Ark and Joseph and his Rainbow Coat, are retold for the very young. Includes "Who's Who in the Bible Stories."

Twenty-four Old Testament stories about such familiar characters as Noah, Joseph, Moses, David and Goliath, Ruth and Naomi, and Daniel.

Retells stories of the heroes and heroines from the Old Testament.

In this magnificently illustrated edition, all the best-loved stories of the Bible are retold for young readers by Selina Hastings. Her fluent, lively style reflects the character & poetry of the original Bible, while color photographs & vivid & finely detailed illustrations by Eric Thomas bring to life the people & places referred to in the stories. To help explain the stories & set them in their historical & geographical context, background information is included, together with photographs & maps of places mentioned in the Bible. This volume has been carefully prepared with a panel of religious consultants, historians, educators, & scholars. Foreword by Rabbi Joseph Potasnik.