The Wicked City (Hardcover)

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Product Description

Retells the Old Testament tale of the destruction of Sodom.

Language Notes

Text: English, Hebrew (translation)

Product Details

• Reading level: Baby-Preschool
  
• Hardcover: 39 pages
• Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux; First Edition edition (March 1972)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0374384266
• ISBN-13: 978-0374384265
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 7.6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,817,267 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A wonderful and sensitive retelling of the Sodom and Gomorrah story, December 20, 2005

By	D. Goodpasture "www.betzalelstudio.com" (USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I.B. Singer manages to capture the essence of the evil mentality of the population of Sodom. Since it's a children's book he leaves out the parts about Lot offering to toss his virgin daughters out to the randy mob of sodomites and the part about Lot's daughters getting him drunk and committing incest with him. Instead he focuses on how badly the citizens of Sodom treated each other as well as visitors, their cruelty and dishonesty. Their failure to "love your neighbor as yourself" is the real essence of the story. The illustrations are also excellent.