Edition 19: Fantastic Creatures: "How numerous are your creations..." The Editor Fantastic creatures in ancient biblical legend Introduction by Shalom Spiegel           Leviathan, king of the fishes           Behemot, king of the mammals           Ziz, king of the birds           The phoenix, most marvelous of birds           The salamander and the shamir, most marvelous of reptiles Four creatures with four faces and four wings: In Ezekiel's vision of the heavenly throne Louis Jacobs Conjuring up the demons Jewish demonology in biblical, Talmudic and medieval times A blossoming bear, a lion embracing a unicorn, and a two-headed eagle All this and more on the ceiling of the Hodorov synagogue Ida Huberman Asmodeus, king of the demons: Not such a bad fellow, after all Geoffrey Wigoder Geese so fat and a bird so big.... The triumph of imagination over reason Louis Ginzberg Zoomorphic Hebrew letters — free clipart for our readers! Fantastic typography from a late-13th cent. manuscript