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Available
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Publication
New York, Printed at the Spiral Press and published by Pantheon [1954]
Description
Retells a story from the Kabbalah, a Jewish mystical text, about how God created the world through the letters of the alphabet.
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LibraryThing member lilithcat
This is a facsimile edition of the book by Ben Shahn illustrating this 13th-century legend of how God created the world through the letters of the alphabet. Another one for my collection of Abecedaria (or, in this case, Aleph-Betaria?).
LibraryThing member raizel
OK, 22 letters is kind of long to hold the interest of little kids (and, maybe, adults). But it's a good "first shall be last"/ "raising up the lowly" story. More importantly, it suggests the importance of language, words, letters in creating the world/reality, or at least our understanding of it.
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The calligraphy is interesting; no color is needed. Show Less
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non-circulating