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Angels Sweep the Desert Floor: Bible Legends about Moses in the Wilderness
104 pp.
| Clarion |
August, 2002 |
TradeISBN 0-395-97825-4$$19.00
(2)
4-6
Illustrated by
Alexander Koshkin.
In this companion to Clouds of Glory, Chaikin limits her Midrashim to eighteen stories that trace the activity of God's angelic messengers on earth as they aid Moses after he has freed the Israelites. Blakean watercolors interpret the majesty of the celestial and the earthiness of the wilderness and its mountains. Comprehensive endnotes indicate what was drawn from the Bible and what from legend. Bib.
Reviewer: Susan P. Bloom
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
November, 2002