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Miriam's Cup: A Passover Story (Passover Titles) (Hardcover)

by Fran Manushkin (Author), Bob Dacey (Illustrator)
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  • Hardcover: 32 pages
  • Publisher: Scholastic Press (Feb 1998)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0590677209
  • ISBN-13: 978-0590677202
  • Product Dimensions: 28.4 x 27.5 x 1 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 2,411,768 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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This is a book I wish I had owned when I was a child!
I wrote MIRIAM'S CUP so that girls and boys will meet a brave and great prophet--who was only six years old when she influenced the course of Jewish history! She propheized Moses' birth to her father, and she led the women in song and dance after the miraculous crossing of the Red Sea. Today, in honor of her, we place a Miriam's Cup on our seder tables. We are also inspired by Miriam to worship God as she did--with joyful song and dance. When I speak at schools and synagogues, I love to tell children that no matter how young they are, they, too, can make contibutions to Judaism. If anyone wishes to comment on the book, I will be happy to receive Email and will respond to it quickly! franm@pipeline.com

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5.0 out of 5 stars Stresses women's role in Passover and Exodus, 9 Feb 1999
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I am a Lutheran church librarian. This excellent book about Passover stresses the female role in the story. So often Bible stories stress only men's roles. I buy those, but also go out of my way to find those that stress roles of women to inspire our daughters and granddaughters. Women are religious too, and have great roles to play. This story is told from Miriam's point of view. A modern day little girl named Miriam is told the Passover story by her Mom. We thus go back in time, seeing the Passover story from the ancient Miriam's point of view: the fact that she prophesied her brother Moses' birth and that he would be the Israelite leader; the role of Moses' mother, pharoah's wife, and even the two midwives who birthed Moses but refused to kill him as ordered by the pharaoh, the first act of civil disobedience reported in the Bible. As a Lutheran, I enjoy the Midrashic legendary spin in stories such as this. It adds life to worn and dusty stories. Several other important things about this book are: a modern day song about Miriam on the back cover for use at home or in Sunday School, a historical note at the end of the story, a bibliography for those who want to know more, and the fantastic illustrations in blue-violet and burnt orange done in watercolor, by Bob Dacey, chair of the Visual Arts Dept. at Syracuse University. This is an excellent book both for Jewish and Christian children. For those of you who may also be interested in other Biblical storybooks about girls and women, I can suggest A Prayer for the Earth: The story of Naamah, Noah's Wife by Sandy Sasso. In this book Naamah is seen as the preserver of all the plants on the earth, at God's direction. Noah handles the fauna, Naamah handles the flora. A lovely story. Another is Mary's First Christmas by Walter Wangerin, Jr., in which Mary retells the story of Jesus' birth to the young Jesus. Others are Young Mary of Nazareth by Marianne Mayer, Queen Esther Saves Her People by Ruth Golden Gelman, Queen of Sheba (don't know author) and Ruth Sanderson's Tapestries: Stories of Women in the Bible, with illustrations resembling Victorian petit-point. I would like to find an illustrated storybook on Martin Luther, Ruth and Naomi, Martha and Mary and the like done as well as Miriam's Cup.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A New Tradition, 2 April 1999
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I stumbled on this book by accident and I'm so glad I did! This beautifully illustrated book brings the passover story to life. It introduces a new custom of placing a cup for Miriam the prophet on the seder table to honor her and the women of the passover story. We introduced this new tradition at our seders this year and it was met with great appreciation by all in attendance.
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