Inside Noah's Ark: An Annotated Encyclopedia of Every Animal Species in the Hebrew Bible - Paperback

by Donald Ray Schwartz (Author)

Inside Noah's Ark provides a wealth of information on each animal in the biblical text, including taxonomic designation, interesting zoological information references to legends in Near Eastern mythology, rabbinic insights found in the Talmud, Midrash, and halacha (Jewish law), and a complete concordance that locates each time the species appears in the Holy Scriptures. This is an essential resource for any in-depth study of the Old Testament. The original version was a Jewish Book Club Selection. Inside Noah's Art provides a wealth of information on each animal in the biblical text, including taxonomic designation, interesting zoological information references to legends in Near Eastern mythology, rabbinic insights found in the Talmud, Midrash, and halacha (Jewish law), and a complete concordance that locates each time the species appears in the Holy Scriptures.

Author Biography

In addition to Jewish Scholarship, Schwartz has written nearly 200 works, including short stories, essays, articles, a SF novel, a novella, and non-fiction. An retired Associate Professor of Speech, Theatre and Mass Communication at Community College of Baltimore County, he previously served as Faculty and as Administrator at Peru State College, Nebraska, and Ashland College, Ohio. The author served in the U.S. Air Force during the height of the Cold War. He maintains his rank of Major in the USAF Reserve.