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A Jewish bestiary : fabulous creatures from Hebraic legend & lore / Mark Podwal.
Fine Arts Library NC139.P59 A4 2021
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Podwal, Mark H., 1945-2024, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Animals in art.
- Animals, Mythical, in art.
- Animals in the Bible.
- Animals in rabbinical literature.
- Animals--Religious aspects--Judaism.
- Animals.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 74 pages : illustrations (colour) ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2021]
- Summary:
- "Explores some of the animals, both real and mythical, found in biblical, talmudic, midrashic, and kabbalistic sources"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: The Ant
- The Ass
- The Azazel-Goat
- The Barnacle Goose
- The Bear
- Behemoth
- The Cock
- The Crab
- The Dove
- The Fox
- The Frog
- The Gazelle
- The Gnat
- The Golden Calf
- The Great Fish
- The Hare
- The Hoopoe
- Leviathan
- The Lion
- Nebuchadnezzar as a Beast
- The Ostrich
- The Phoenix
- The Ram
- The Raven
- The Red Heifer
- The Re'em
- The Salamander
- The Scorpion
- The Serpent
- The Snail
- The Spider
- The Stork
- The Swine
- The Unicorn
- Ziz.
- Notes:
- "Originally published in 1984 as A Jewish bestiary: a book of fabulous creatures drawn from Hebraic legend and lore by the Jewish Publication Society of America."
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 73-74)
- ISBN:
- 9780271091730
- 0271091738
- OCLC:
- 1240413349
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