Download or read book The Book of Mechtilde written by Anna Ruth Henriques and published by Alfred A. Knopf. This book was released on 1997 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on the Book of Job, Anna Ruth Henriques' illustrated manuscript The Book of Mechtilde tells the story of the artist's mother, a virtuous woman who undergoes great pain and suffering in a years-long bout with cancer. This companion to the exhibit at the Research Institute for the Study of Man in New York (May - July, 1996) includes commentary by Jane Gregory Rubin and Norman L. Kleebat, passages from The Book of Job, and "Jews in Jamaica: A Select Bibliography."