I do have both volumes in our Temple library. This thread prompted me to compare them. The comparison would make an interesting study! The illustrations, paging and layout were exactly the same until the last few chapters. But the writing was different, even the captions with every illustration were different as were the titles of the chapters. Just fascinating.
Clare Kinberg, Temple Beth Emeth _____ From: Hasafran [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Joyce Levine Sent: Monday, April 20, 2015 8:03 PM To: Andrea Rapp Cc: Nina Golboro Stenzler; Hasafran Subject: Re: [ha-Safran] PS: "Illustrated Jewish Bible for Children" I, too, had never read the intro and didn't realize it was targeted for a Christian audience. I've had this book in my home library for many years and always loved sharing it with my grandchildren. The stories are well written and the illustrations are excellent. It would be interesting for someone who owns both versions to compare the writing and illustrations, since they have different authors and illustrators. By the way, my edition does include a chapter on Isaiah. Joyce On Wed, Apr 15, 2015 at 3:02 PM, Andrea Rapp <[email protected]> wrote: Yep, they are almost identical but there are differences. The painting of Jesus' circumcision is missing from the corresponding spot on the "Abraham's Two Sons" entry, for example. And the "Jewish" one (as no entry at all for the Prophet Isaiah! Strange. Andrea Rapp _____ From: Toby Harris <[email protected]> To: 'Andrea Rapp' <[email protected]>; Nina Golboro Stenzler <[email protected]>; Hasafran <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 2015 2:46 PM Subject: RE: [ha-Safran] PS: "Illustrated Jewish Bible for Children" I never realized it either. Note that there is a difference between DK's The Illustrated Jewish Bible for Children and DK's The Children's Illustrated Jewish Bible (with CD). The Illustrated Jewish Bible for Children is the one for Christians which talks about the Old and New Testament. The other title actually explains why Jews do not call it the Old Testament and is clearly written for Jews. Thanks for sharing this as I will now remove the first one from our collection. Toby Toby Harris, Librarian Temple De Hirsch Sinai 1511 E. Pike Street Seattle, WA 98122 206-315-7398 Seattle 206-323-8486, Ext 7481 Bellevue Catalog, hours & events at http://lib.tdhs-nw.org Over 10,000 Judaic books & CDs! Library Hours: Wednesdays, 10:30-1:30 Bellevue & Thursdays, 1:30 PM-6:30 PM Seattle, Sundays 9-12:30 Both From: Hasafran [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Andrea Rapp Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 2015 11:31 AM To: Nina Golboro Stenzler; Hasafran Subject: Re: [ha-Safran] PS: "Illustrated Jewish Bible for Children" I just looked at the book's introduction. It is a book about the Jewish Bible-- for Christian Children--it's title is misleading. I wonder whether the rabbi who wrote the foreward was aware of this. I've seen this phenomenon numerous times in books on Israel or the Middle East -- scholars get their names attached as consultants but there is no way they could have been aware of what the books really said! Andrea Rapp _____ From: Nina Golboro Stenzler <[email protected]> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 2015 11:56 AM Subject: [ha-Safran] Complaints about "Illustrated Jewish Bible for Children" Has anyone had complaints about the Illustrated Jewish Bible for Children published by DK Publishing? Does it have Christian content? Seeing mixed reviews online and wanted to get the groups feedback. Thanks! Nina Nina Stenzler Director, Tycher Library Jewish Federation of Greater Dallas 7800 Northaven Rd. Dallas, TX 75230 214-239-7132 __ Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) ================================== Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: [email protected] To join Ha-Safran, update or change your subscription, etc. - click here: https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran Questions, problems, complaints, compliments send to: [email protected] Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.service.ohio-state.edu/maillist .html Earlier Listserver: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.htm l AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org -- Hasafran mailing list [email protected] https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran -- Joyce Levine Director of Library and Media Services North Shore Hebrew Academy High School <http://www.nshahs.org> 400 North Service Road Great Neck, NY 11020 Publications Chair Association of Jewish <http://www.jewishlibraries.org> Libraries <mailto:[email protected]>
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