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An intellectually stimulating and personally uplifting exploration of Genesis. Genesis: the Beginning of Desire breathes new life into the stories of Adam and Eve, Noah, Abraham and Sarah, Isaac, Jacob and Esau, Rachel, and Joseph. Zornberg brings biblical, midrashic, and literary sources together, weaving them into a seamless tapestry and illuminating the tensions that grip human beings as they search for and encounter God.

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"...an extraordinary book. Not quite scholarship as such, nor exegesis, nor literary criticism or theology, it partakes of them all, filtering familiar texts through a richly intelligent and transforming sensibility." - The Jerusalem Report "... sinewy, powerful and hauntingly beautiful." - Publishers' Weekly"

Genesis The Beginning of Desire

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    A Paperback / softback by Aviva Gottlieb Zornberg

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      Publisher: Jewish Publication Society
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 01/09/1996
      ISBN13: 9780827609150, 978-0827609150
      ISBN10: 0827609159

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      An intellectually stimulating and personally uplifting exploration of Genesis. Genesis: the Beginning of Desire breathes new life into the stories of Adam and Eve, Noah, Abraham and Sarah, Isaac, Jacob and Esau, Rachel, and Joseph. Zornberg brings biblical, midrashic, and literary sources together, weaving them into a seamless tapestry and illuminating the tensions that grip human beings as they search for and encounter God.

      Trade Review
      "...an extraordinary book. Not quite scholarship as such, nor exegesis, nor literary criticism or theology, it partakes of them all, filtering familiar texts through a richly intelligent and transforming sensibility." - The Jerusalem Report "... sinewy, powerful and hauntingly beautiful." - Publishers' Weekly"

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