The creation / translated and adapted by Stephen Mitchell ; paintings by Ori Sherman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mitchell, Stephen, 1943-

Contributor:

Sherman, Ori, illustrator.

Tehon, Atha, book designer.

Dial Books for Young Readers, publisher.

Atha Tehon Thiras Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Standardized Title:

תנ"ך. בראשית. לקוטים. ניו-יורק.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Genesis, I, 1-II, 3--Illustrations.

Bible.

Creation--Biblical teaching--Juvenile literature.

Creation.

Creation--Biblical teaching.

God--Juvenile literature.

God.

Heaven--Juvenile literature.

Heaven.

Morning.

Earth (Planet)--Juvenile literature.

Earth (Planet).

Water--Juvenile literature.

Water.

Morning--Juvenile literature.

Moon--Juvenile literature.

Moon.

Bible. Genesis, I, 1-II, 3--Pictorial works.

Genre:

Dust jackets (Binding) -- 1990.

Pictures.

Illustrated works.

Penn Provenance:

Tehon, Atha (former owner) (Tehon Collection copy)

Tehon, Susan.

Physical Description:

32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 24 x 30 cm

Edition:

[First edition].

Place of Publication:

New York : Dial Books, [©1990]

Summary:

Translated and adapted from the Hebrew Bible.

Notes:

"Design by Atha Tehon"--t.p. verso.

"First Edition."

"The art for this book was created by a man who responded passionately and personally to the story of the Creation. This is evident not only in the depth of feeling that radiates from the pictures, but in the calligraphy included within the artwork. The artist makes use of k'teev malay ("full writing") - a system of spelling that inserts additional letters to stand for vowels - though he occasionally uses a more formal spelling ..."--Editor's Note.

Local Notes:

Tehon Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2014 by Susan Tehon.

Tehon Collection copy: dust jacket retained.

ISBN:

0803706170

9780803706170

0803706189

9780803706187

OCLC:

20354430