**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).
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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.