Stories from the Bible: Old Testament Stories Retold - Hardcover

Waddell, Martin

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0395669022 ISBN 13: 9780395669020

Publisher: Ticknor & Fields, 1993

Synopsis

Retells seventeen stories from the Old Testament--including the Creation, Adam and Eve, Noah, and Joseph and his brothers--making these tales accessible to young readers.

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Reviews

Seventeen tales, from the Creation to Jonah, carefully chosen to demonstrate that ``God wants everyone to trust in Him,'' recounted in an easy, colloquial manner and recommended for reading ``with the Bible, and not instead of it.'' Waddell's simplifications are very accessible but not irreverent--God ``took one of Adam's ribs and made Eve from it, so that in an odd way they were one person''; ``It may have seemed simple enough to God who can do anything, but it was a huge job for poor Noah''; or, ```This boasting has got to stop!' Jacob told Joseph. `What kind of a dream is that?''' Problematic stories--Cain killing Abel, Abraham offering to sacrifice Isaac, Jacob cheating Esau or being tricked into marrying Leah, the plagues inflicted on Egypt- -are omitted, together with most of the violence and vengeance. Leaving out Benjamin's special relationship to Joseph weakens their story, but otherwise the selections make an appealingly informal introduction that reinforces Waddell's theme. Patterson's bold and colorful illustrations contribute handsomely to the format; most are in the spirit of the text (though Goliath looks like a good-natured Elizabethan). A lively and attractive rendition that should find many uses. (Nonfiction. 6-10) -- Copyright ©1993, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.

Edition details

• Publisher: Ticknor & Fields
• Publication date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0395669022
• ISBN 13: 9780395669020
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Patterson Geoffrey
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 69