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crankylibrarian
Mar 29, 2013crankylibrarian rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Series of short stories illustrating well known Bible stories, (Adam and Even, Noah, the Tower of Babel, etc,) with a decidedly modern slant. Using the framing device of a young Jewish boy recalling his father's outlandish and frequently unsatisfactory explanations, (David used a sling because it showed more pizzazz than a mundane stabbing), Goldstein ponders timeless questions of ethics and responsibility, often inverting the traditional view of good and bad guys. Would you stay inside the Ark if you heard the desperate voices of friends and neighbors calling out for help? Did Delilah perhaps have her reasons for taking down Samson? And why can't a decent Golden Calf salesman catch a break? Funny, thought provoking and often poignant