A Jewish Bestiary - Fabulous Creatures from Hebraic Legend and Lore

Explores some of the animals, both real and mythical, found in biblical, talmudic, midrashic, and kabbalistic sources.

About the author

Mark Podwal achieved early recognition for his drawings on the New York Times Op-Ed page. His art is represented in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum, the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Israel Museum, and the Jewish Museums in Berlin, Prague, Vienna, and New York, among other venues. He is the illustrator of a number of books, including Hebrew Melodies, also published by Penn State University Press.

Summary

Explores some of the animals, both real and mythical, found in biblical, talmudic, midrashic, and kabbalistic sources.

Product details

• Authors: Mark Podwal, Podwal Mark
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 09.11.2021
• EAN: 9780271091730
• ISBN: 978-0-271-09173-0
• Dimensions: 181 mm x 229 mm x 18 mm
• Weight: 499 g
• Illustrations: Raster, farbig
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Fairytales, sagas, legends; Humanities, art, music > Art; FICTION / Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology, ART / Subjects & Themes / Plants & Animals, ART / Folk & Outsider Art, Myth & legend told as fiction, Naive Art, Fiction: Traditional stories, myths and fairy tales