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Available
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New York : Dial Books, c1990.
Description
CHILDREN'S BOOKS/ALL AGES
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CCBC Choices (1990)
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User reviews
LibraryThing member coresonk
This book is a lovely interpretation of the Judeo-Christian creation story. The pictures are beautiful and help tell teh story. Because this is a book based on the Bible, it probably could not be used in a public school setting, unless it was for a Social Studies class learnign about Christianity,
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or various creation stories from many cultures. It would be a great book for religious schools, however. Show Less
LibraryThing member raizel
Read the editor's note. The artist, Ori Sherman, died young, and was dying while he worked on the artwork for this book: the note explains that he chose to work, rather than rest. The Slifka Center for Yale Hillel had an exhibit of his work. Stephen Mitchell has written translated books of the
What is the primary language of this book? It was created as an English language translation of Hebrew, but all translation is commentary, so this book is more than / different from the same book done completely in Hebrew.
I definitely need to read it!
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Bible. He translated the Creation story for children for this book.What is the primary language of this book? It was created as an English language translation of Hebrew, but all translation is commentary, so this book is more than / different from the same book done completely in Hebrew.
I definitely need to read it!
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ISBN
0803706170 / 9780803706170
Other editions
The creation by Stephen Mitchell (Hardcover)