Clouds of glory
Subtitle: legends and stories about Bible times
By: Miriam Chaikin ; illustrations by David Frampton.
Contributors: Frampton, David, ill.; Rashi, 1040-1105.; Ginzberg, Louis, 1873-1953.
Publisher: Clarion Books
Published: 1997
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 118
Subjects: Legends, Jewish.; Bible stories, English -- O.T. Genesis.; Midrash -- Juvenile literature.; Midrash.; Bible stories -- O.T.; Jews -- Folklore.
Other titles: Gates to the Old City.
Description: Presents twenty-one stories, in a single narrative, about God's relationship with His creation, from creating angels on the second day to testing Abraham's love.
Notes: "The stories in this book are largely based on Rashi's commentary on the book of Genesis, and on Midrashic threads found in Louis Ginzberg's Legends of the Bible and in Raphael Patai's Gates to the Old City, A book of Jewish legends"--P. [iv].