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Genesis
Avivah Gottlieb Zornberg
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Description for Genesis
Paperback. Offers an exploration of Genesis. This title presents stories of Adam and Eve, Noah, Abraham and Sarah, Isaac, Jacob and Esau, Rachel, and Joseph. It illuminates the tensions that grip human beings as they search for and encounter God. Num Pages: 478 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRCG; HRJS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 149 x 29. Weight in Grams: 718.
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.
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.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Jewish Publication Society United States
Number of pages
478
Condition
New
Number of Pages
478
Place of Publication
Philadelphia, United States
ISBN
9780827609150
SKU
V9780827609150
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About Avivah Gottlieb Zornberg
Avivah Gottlieb Zornberg was born in England to a rabbinic family. She studied at Gateshead seminary and at Cambridge University, where she received her PhD. She has taught to students in Israel at MaTaN, Jerusalem College for Adults, Midreshet Lindenbaum, and Pardes Institute, and lectures widely in the United States, Canada, and England. Zornberg is also the author of Particulars ... Read more
Reviews for Genesis
"...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"