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Adiel / Shlomo DuNour ; translated by Philip Simpson.
Van Pelt Library PJ5054.D556 A6713 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Di-Nur, Shelomoh.
- Language:
- English
- Hebrew
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Physical Description:
- 305 pages ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- [England] : Toby Press, 2002.
- Summary:
- "Adiel is a re-telling of the Old Testament story of the Bible, from the Creation of Adam and Eve through the ten generations that culminates with Noah and the Flood. It is told through the observations of "Adiel, an angel, appointed by God and the Archangel Michael, whose responsibility it is to record the events of Man--a sort of protective angel of history. Utilizing the ancient forms of "Midrash, the Jewish term for literary and creative Biblical exposition, it is a reflection on the place of man in the universe, and on good and evil. The angel Adiel is chosen to witness the tragedies of the ten generations of man.
- Notes:
- Translated from the Hebrew.
- ISBN:
- 190288132X
- OCLC:
- 49317295
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