A Very Big Problem, AmyJill Levine
A Very Big Problem, AmyJill Levine
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A Very Big Problem

Author: Amy-Jill Levine, Sandy Eisenberg Sasso

Narrator: Lisa Larsen

Unabridged: 9 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/04/2020

Synopsis

In the beginning, God's garden is beautiful and peaceful, but it doesn't stay that way. Everyone has something to say! Rain brags that it's the most refreshing. Birds boast that they're the most splendid. Earthworms bluster about their busyness. Then Children come along, claiming to be the best of all. And it's only fair that the best is loved most, isn't it?

About Amy-Jill Levine

Amy-Jill Levine ("AJ") is Rabbi Stanley M. Kessler Distinguished Professor of New Testament and Jewish Studies at the Hartford International University for Religion and Peace and University Professor of New Testament and Jewish Studies Emerita, Mary Jane Werthan Professor of Jewish Studies Emerita, and Professor of New Testament Studies Emerita at Vanderbilt University. An internationally renowned scholar and teacher, she is the author of numerous books, including The Difficult Words of Jesus: A Beginner's Guide to His Most Perplexing Teachings, Short Stories by Jesus: The Enigmatic Parables of a Controversial Rabbi, Entering the Passion of Jesus: A Beginner's Guide to Holy Week, Light of the World: A Beginner's Guide to Advent, Sermon on the Mount: A Beginner's Guide to the Kingdom of Heaven, and Signs and Wonders: A Beginner's Guide to the Miracles of Jesus. She is also coeditor of the Jewish Annotated New Testament. AJ is the first Jew to teach New Testament at Rome's Pontifical Biblical Institute. In 2021 she was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. AJ describes herself as an unorthodox member of an Orthodox synagogue and a Yankee Jewish feminist who until 2021 taught New Testament in a Christian divinity school in the buckle of the Bible Belt.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Darla on July 26, 2020

This beautifully illustrated children's book caught my attention on NetGalley, so I read it with my three-year-old grandson. We both loved the illustrations and I can see that this would be a valuable book to explore the subjects of cooperation and fairness. The notes at the end are helpful as they......more

Goodreads review by Cheryl on July 18, 2020

God’s garden has a problem...a very BIG problem... when the elements, all its denizens, from the elephants down to the worms, boast their importance and God’s favor. But they can’t all be the apple of his eye, can they? Taking turns to state their case for hierarchy, denoting their vital contributio......more

Goodreads review by Cara on June 15, 2020

This is an adorable children's book based on the creation of the Earth and the premise that God's love is big enough to love everyone. I love the message in this story and the illustrations are adorable. I do appreciate the story that is being portrayed, that no matter what you are that makes you sp......more

Goodreads review by Erica on September 13, 2020

Every creature on the planet wants to feel significant. In A Very Big Problem, each part of the planet argues with one another on their importance in the world. Land thinks that since he was made first, he is the one loved by God the most. Rain says that nothing would grow on the land without them,......more

Goodreads review by Christy on June 11, 2020

In this children's picture book we see all of the things that God has created, from the land, sea and rain, to the animals. These things all think that they are what God loves the most and this causes discontent between them. The message by the end is of course that everything has it's part to play,......more

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