The White Ram

Level: Primary, Intermediate

This book is a good example of a legend because it is the narrative story concerning Abraham, a patriarch of the people of Israel. Depending on one's view of the Bible, this is also a legend because it is grounded in historical events. This particular legend comes from

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Jewish storytelling based on the Biblical story of Abraham and Isaac.
The author effectively utilizes the stylistic element of point of view in this book in order to tell a traditional story from another angle. In the Biblical story the ram does not appear until the very end of the story. By telling the tale from the ram's point of view, the author emphasizes the divine planning and knowledge of God, who had known the purpose of this ram from the beginning of creation.

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