The Legend Of Rabbi Ben Levi; Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - Hardcover

Avi Katz (Illustrator)

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9657023548 ISBN 13: 9789657023549

Publisher: Gefen Publishing House, 2020

Synopsis

"Give me back my sword!" screams the Angel of Death at the renowned Jewish sage Rabbi Yehoshua Ben Levi of Zippori as they battle high above the gates of Paradise. Inspired by this legend from the Talmud, the 1862 poem "The Legend of Rabbi Ben Levi" by the nineteenth-century American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow describes the epic struggle of Rabbi Ben Levi to defeat the Angel of Death and end his reign of terror over mortal men. This stunning volume illustrates Longfellow s poem with mosaic paintings, enhanced by quotations from the original Aramaic Talmud text.

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About the Author

Avi Katz was born in Philadelphia in 1949. After studying at the University of California, Berkeley, he moved to Israel in 1970, where he earned a master s in fine arts from the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design. He started in painting and art teaching before turning to illustration full time. His drawings, ranging from the realistic to the caricature and comics, have appeared in various magazines and newspapers in Israel and around the world. He has illustrated hundreds of books; the JPS Illustrated Children s Bible won the National Jewish Book Award, and his books have received the Hans Christian Andersen Award four times.

From the Back Cover

Give me back my sword!" screams the Angel of Death at therenowned Jewish sage Rabbi Yehoshua Ben Levi of Zippori as they battle highabove the gates of Paradise.
Inspired by this legend from the Talmud, the 1862 poem "TheLegend of Rabbi Ben Levi" by the nineteenth-century American poet HenryWadsworth Longfellow describes the epic struggle of Rabbi Ben Levi to defeat theAngel of Death and end his reign of terror over mortal men.
This stunning volume illustrates Longfellow's poem with mosaicpaintings, enhanced by quotations from the original Aramaic Talmud text.
"The artist Avi Katz has reimagined the Longfellow poem and thelegend of Ben Levi in a series of mosaic paintings that bring the tale to vividlife. The rabbi himself has long since departed this mortal realm...but you maytake comfort in the splendid views of his resting place and in the gorgeous arthis tale inspires."
Lavie Tidhar, author, Osama

Edition details

• Publisher: Gefen Publishing House
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9657023548
• ISBN 13: 9789657023549
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 32