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Illustrated by Claire Bushe with 16 full color painting and by Claire Bushe and Edward Ripley with 25 line drawings.
The vibrant myths and legends of the Jewish people represent a long tradition of storytelling that stretches back through centuries of exile to the days of Israel's early desert kingdom and beyond.
This book contains stories from many periods of Jewish history. Some are legends about biblical characters and events, some are tales of folk heroes from the time of the Roman occupation of Israel; others come from the Middle Ages , when, in the difficult, overcrowded conditions of European ghettos, stories were told of the rich variety of figures who defended Jewish life and of the evil viziers, giants and demons who symbolized their enemies.
Accompanied by glorious color illustrations, the stories in this collection are a vital introduction to Jewish traditional literature.
-(Review of the book taken from the front-cover flap)-