The Raven and the Dove, the Big Fish, and the Stubborn Donkey: Stories of Animals from the Bible - Paperback

by Sandy Eisenberg Sasso (Author), Roy DeLeon (Illustrator)

From the snake in the Garden of Eden to the lost sheep in Luke's parable, stories about fish and birds, rams and goats abound. We read about them, but they have no voice of their own. Here we allow the raven and the dove on Noah's ark, the big fish that swallowed Jonah, and the donkey on which Balaam rode, to be the narrators of their own stories, to inform us and help us to re-imagine our stories. We learn something about the intrinsic value of all living beings, and something about ourselves.

Author Biography

Sandy Eisenberg Sasso is Rabbi Emerita of Congregation Beth-El Zedeck and director of the Religion, Spirituality, and the Arts Initiative at IUPUI Arts and Humanities. The second woman to be ordained as a rabbi in the U.S., she and her husband are the first rabbinical couple in world Jewish history. An award-winning children's author, she loves to imagine old stories in new ways, giving voice and story to those who have none. She writes and lectures on the Spiritual Imagination of Children and is active in the interfaith and civic communities.