Talking animals have been characters in literature for centuries. In this collection Patrick Hunt uses biblical stories of animals giving them voices and presenting the biblical story from their imagined viewpoint. In so doing, he offers words of wisdom from unlikely characters in the Bible.
How did the animals in the Garden of Eden react to their pristine environment? What might have the animals on Noah’s ark communicated to one another? What might the lions that faced off with Daniel have thought? What about the donkey that Jesus rode into Jerusalem? This delightful and thought-provoking volume offers 24 stories giving life to well-worn idioms such as a “bird’s eye view” and “straight from the horse’s mouth.”
About the author:
Patrick Hunt, Ph.D. (University College London) has been teaching Humanities at Stanford University since 1993. He has authored 18 books, among them 5 poetry collections. In addition to his literary works, he has published over 100 articles in the fields of archaeology, history, and literature in peer-reviewed journals and Encyclopaedia Britannica and is also an Expert for National Geographic Expeditions, appearing frequently on National Geographic Explorer TV, NOVA and other documentaries.
