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NATIONAL JEWISH BOOK AWARD WINNER • A brilliant interpretation of familiar biblical narratives that deserves to be the most widely read book on the Bible in years, perhaps decades. (Jewish Exponent).

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.

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      Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 2/1/2011 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780805212396, 978-0805212396
      ISBN10: 0805212396
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      Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      NATIONAL JEWISH BOOK AWARD WINNER • A brilliant interpretation of familiar biblical narratives that deserves to be the most widely read book on the Bible in years, perhaps decades. (Jewish Exponent).

      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.

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