Bidspirit auction | RABAN, ZE’EV. “Jacob’s Bible Cards.”

RABAN, ZE’EV. “Jacob’s Bible Cards.” Deck of 52 playing cards designed by Raban. * Two complete sets. Housed in original Zim Israel Cruise Line box. Court cards featuring: Ahasuerus, Esther, Haman, Yoav, David, Bath-Sheba, Saul, Judith, Jonathan, Solomon and Queen Sheba. The Joker is the devil himself, Asmodai. Tel Aviv, 1950’s. Issued by the Lion Playing cards Factory, Tel Aviv. “Brings the romance and the color of the Bible into the card-pack by substituting famous Bible characters for the conventional Kings, Queens and Jacks. These cards enable the players to combine education with pleasure.” See Yeshiva University Museum Catalogue, Raban, nos. 139-40.