The daughter of a rabbi shares her insights into the rabbinic texts and traditions, delving deeply into the story of Exodus for wisdom about how to live life in the present. Reprint. (view table of contents)

A Jewish biblical scholar sheds new light on the stories of Genesis, interweaving biblical, rabbinic, and literary sources in a sensitive study of the stories of Noah, Adam and Eve, Abraham and Sarah, Jacob and Esau, and others. Reprint.

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.