J. T. Waldman
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The Graphic Canon, Vol. 1: From the Epic of Gilgamesh to Shakespeare to Dangerous Liaisons (2012) — Illustrator — 282 exemplaren
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There are endnotes in the back: rabbinic citations* justifying Waldman's words and illustrations and also "The Mystery of the Lotus" notes with "clues towards uncovering more of the mystery surrounding the story of Esther." [p. 163] And halfway through the text, when the story becomes topsy-turvy and things start to turn in favor of the Jews, you have to turn the book upside down and start reading it from right to left. The side margins have page numbers as well as the chapter and verse of Megillat Esther.
It all feels a bit overwhelming and a little chaotic, a bit like a Megillah reading!
*Waldman explains that there is a long rabbinic tradition of citing one's sources and provides a source from Megillah 15a in the Babylonian Talmud: "R. Chanina said: 'Whoever repeats something in the name of one who said it brings redemption to the world.'" [p. 160; also see p. 157] I had always thought, and been amused by the fact that quoting your sources is based on an unattributed(!) verse in Pirke Avot, a book mostly about attributed quotes. (see Avot 6:6)… (meer)