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waterviolite's review
4.0
This book, written by a Jewish author living in Israel, is appropriate for both Jewish and Christian audiences. It retells Old-Testament stories to highlight their connections to environmental topics as well as including related activities for kids to try. A section in the back connects Bible verses to Jewish practices and to our relationship with nature.
The book is largely very well done, though sometimes the connections are a bit of a stretch (using the fall of Jericho as an illustration of noise pollution) or environmental commentary is added into the story when it was not there originally (Abraham saying that he and Lot needed to separate to practice sustainable agriculture for the long term health of the land, rather than due to conflict between their servants due to the overcrowding).
The book is largely very well done, though sometimes the connections are a bit of a stretch (using the fall of Jericho as an illustration of noise pollution) or environmental commentary is added into the story when it was not there originally (Abraham saying that he and Lot needed to separate to practice sustainable agriculture for the long term health of the land, rather than due to conflict between their servants due to the overcrowding).
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