The controversial history of Jewish sermons, the physics and philosophy of rainbows, lions in the synagogue, hares in the Greek Bible, the gold standard, God in human disguise-these are but a few of the many topics that are introduced in this lively miscellany of glimpses into exotic frontiers of Jewish literature, history and tradition.In the present compendium of short studies, Eliezer Segal once again introduces the public to the fruits of Judaic...