Assaf Gamzou, Rehovot, Israel, is director of professional engagement at Beit Hatfutsot, the Museum of the Jewish People, and was previously curator of the Israeli Cartoon Museum and lecturer at Tel Aviv University School of Education. Ken Koltun-Fromm, Haverford, Pennsylvania, is the Robert and Constance MacCrate Chair in Social Responsibility and professor of religion at Haverford College and author of four books, including Material Culture and Jewish Thought in America and Imagining Jewish Authenticity: Vision and Text in American Jewish Thought.
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This excellent collection demonstrates in detail the special ability of comics writers and artists to illuminate, interpret, and question some of humanity's most important and powerful beliefs.--Stephen E. Tabachnick, author of The Quest for Jewish Belief and Identity in the Graphic Novel Generally, all of the essays are excellent, and the mixture of intended audiences brings a great deal of life to the collection. All or almost all of the essays will be of interest to scholars of graphic novels and scholars of religious studies who wish to dabble in sequential art.--Jennifer Caplan, Towson University "Reading Religion" This is a strong volume with a number of creative essays from many established scholars. There is not a single essay in this collection that is not worth reading.--Matthew William Brake "INKS" Comics and Sacred Texts offers a wonderfully interesting and diverse collection of insights into the world of sacred meaning and graphic texts. It continues and advances important work across a variety of fields. Scholars of religion, comics, and literature more broadly will find meaningful new ways of thinking about how one sees the sacred and about how one engages the many graphic materials so many so thoroughly enjoy.--Stephen J. Lind, author of A Charlie Brown Religion: Exploring the Spiritual Life and Work of Charles M. Schulz