The Lions of Zion | Biblical Natural History & The Significance Of Israel

The Lions of Zion takes readers on an adventure through the wild animals, plants, and other natural phenomena of the Bible. Rabbi Dr. Natan Slifkin, founder and director of Israel’s unique Biblical Museum of Natural History,  shows how the natural world of the Bible plays a central role in Jewish heritage and connects the Jewish People to the Land of Israel, from ancient times through global dispersion through to modern Israel.

Highly engaging, The Lions of Zion not only provides a comprehensive overview of the natural world of the Bible and its significance in Jewish thought, but is also an invaluable resource for understanding how to combat challenges to Israel’s legitimacy.
 
PRAISE FOR THE LIONS OF ZION  
 
"The Lions of Zion will add another fascinating layer to the existing discourse on the intersection of Jewish cultural heritage and the natural world. This important subject holds the potential not only to deepen attachment to the natural world for the many who hold the Land of Israel in great love, but also to broaden recognition of this dimension of the historic relationship between the Jewish People and the Land of Israel."
Isaac Herzog
President of the State of Israel

"...Fascinating and enjoyable... it shows how the animals and plants with whom our ancestors lived shaped the way we used language and Biblical imagery throughout our millennia of exile, turning our culture into a living map of connections with our lost native land..."
Natan Sharansky
Human Rights Activist and former Minister of Interior for Israel

“...offers a fresh perspective on the Jewish connection to the Land of Israel... In an era where Israel and the Jewish connection to the Land of Israel face numerous challenges, this scholarly yet highly readable book serves as an invaluable source of inspiration.”
Dr. Simon Nemtzov
Head of International Relations, Israel Nature & Parks Authority

“The Lions of Zion is engaging, accessible, and upbeat. It is a page-turner for anyone with a love of our Land. Still, once the author has the reader hooked and smiling, he shows how knowledge of the Land can be a serious tool in fighting on a new front that has opened up in the war to delegitimize the Jewish State.”
Rabbi Yitzchak Adlerstein
Director of Interfaith Affairs, The Simon Wiesenthal Center

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