A must purchase for Old Testament readers is Jeanne and William Steig's whimsical but profound "The Old Testament Made Easy". Dust cover comment is: "The author and illustrator of "Consider the Lemming" team up again, this time for a fresh, irreverent look at stories from the Old Testament. Cain and Abel, Noah, Jezebel, Solomon, David, Jehovah Himself -- the whole Sunday-school cast of villains and heroes, rascals and romantics comes to life in Jeanne Steig's wild and witty verse. William Steig's pictures have never been more exuberant -- the perfect complement to his wife's mischievous text."
Perhaps this sample, pertaining to our creation story study, will entice you borrow my copy, or purchase your own!
And God Said, "Let Us Make Man"
"All this in just six days!" God cried.
I am supremely satisfied.
Those dainty finned and creeping things.
The ones with hooves, the ones with wings!
This world's divine. Just one thing more --
Two legged, furless omnivore.
Free will, at least to some degree.
The creature quite resembles me.
It only wants a breath of life;
And then, of course, it wants a wife.
No sooner asked, my boy, than done!
They will afford me hours of fun.
See how they blink, and stretch, and grin.
Now let the comedy begin!"
c. 1990 by Jeanne Steig, all rights reserved
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