Genesis

An intellectually stimulating and personally uplifting xploration of 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 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.