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Beginning of Desire: Reflections on Pb: Reflections on Genesis
Contributor(s): Zornberg, Avivah Gottlieb (Author)
ISBN: 0805212396     ISBN-13: 9780805212396
Publisher: Schocken Books Inc
OUR PRICE:   $19.80  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: March 2011
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Religion | Biblical Commentary - Old Testament - General
- Religion | Biblical Criticism & Interpretation - Old Testament
- Religion | Biblical Studies - Old Testament - General
Dewey: 222.110
LCCN: 2010035706
Lexile Measure: 1170
Physical Information: 1.3" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" (1.15 lbs) 480 pages
Themes:
- Religious Orientation - Christian
- Theometrics - Secular
 
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Publisher Description:

Winner of the National Jewish Book Award

Since its publication in 1995, The Beginning of Desire has opened new pathways in the reading of the Bible. Avivah Gottlieb Zornberg's innovative use of midrash, literature, philosophy, and psychoanalysis draws deeply upon the familiar biblical narratives to produce interpretations that are at once startlingly beautiful and completely authentic. Illuminating the tensions that grip human beings as they search for an encounter with God, Zornberg gives us a brilliant analysis of the stories of Adam and Eve; Noah; Abraham and Sarah; Isaac and Rebecca; Jacob, Rachel, and Leah; and Joseph and his brothers.