God's Mailbox: More Stories About Stories in the Bible - Softcover

Gellman, Marc

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0688163637 ISBN 13: 9780688163631

Publisher: Beech Tree Books, 1998

Synopsis

These eighteen midrashim -- or stories in the Bible -- are filled with hope, suspense, and a healthy dose of comedy.They also address some of life's big questions: How can I hear God in the world? Is there a best color for a person to be? And why isn't there pro wrestling in heaven? In this sequel to his award-winning book Does God have a big Toe? Rabbi Marc Gellman shows how important the age-old stories are all of us.

About this title

About the Author:

Rabbi Marc Gellman is the author of God's Mailbox and coauthor, with Monsignor Thomas Hartman, of How Do You Spell God? He lives in Dix Hills, New York.

Debbie Tilley, illustrator of God's Mailbox, lives in Escondido, California.

From School Library Journal:

Grade 4-7?As demonstrated in Does God Have a Big Toe? (HarperCollins, 1989) and How Do You Spell God? (Morrow, 1995), Rabbi Gellman is an expert at making Bible stories interesting and accessible. Using a thoroughly modern vocabulary, a completely informal style, and plenty of sly humor, he highlights the Creation, the Garden of Eden, Jacob's ladder, the Exodus, Moses and the Ten Commandments (expanded here to 16), and bits of wisdom from Leviticus and Deuteronomy. As little as one Scripture verse inspires a neat lesson, as it is expanded into a clever new form, complete with lots of hip dialogue and amusing anachronistic details. The danger of trivializing the sacred is avoided by the appropriate, unmistakable message in each tale and the retention of the basic characters and events. Unabashedly urging readers to love the Bible, God, and people, Gellman shows them that human experience hasn't changed. Some knowledge of the original stories is almost essential to appreciate fully these interpretive expansions of Scripture. Their positive points, made with humor and simplicity, however, are valid far beyond the Judeo-Christian tradition.?Patricia Pearl Dole, formerly at First Presbyterian School, Martinsville, VA
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Beech Tree Books
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0688163637
• ISBN 13: 9780688163631
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 128
• Illustrator: Tilley Debbie