Moses : a human life / Avivah Gottlieb Zornberg.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zornberg, Avivah Gottlieb, author.

Series:

Jewish lives.

Jewish lives

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Moses (Biblical leader).

Moses.

Bible. Old Testament--History of Biblical events.

Bible.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (238 pages)

Place of Publication:

New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, [2016]

Summary:

An unprecedented portrait of Moses's inner world and perplexing character, by a distinguished biblical scholar No figure looms larger in Jewish culture than Moses, and few have stories more enigmatic. Avivah Gottlieb Zornberg, acclaimed for her many books on Jewish thought, turns her attention to Moses in this remarkably rich, evocative book. Drawing on a broad range of sources—literary as well as psychoanalytic, a wealth of classical Jewish texts alongside George Eliot, W. G. Sebald, and Werner Herzog—Zornberg offers a vivid and original portrait of the biblical Moses. Moses's vexing personality, his uncertain origins, and his turbulent relations with his own people are acutely explored by Zornberg, who sees this story, told and retold, as crucial not only to the biblical past but also to the future of Jewish history.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. Identities

2. The Murmuring Deep

3. Moses Veiled and Unveiled

4. Moses in the Family: Mirrors and Foils

5. “Moses wrote his own book”

Notes

General Index

Scriptural Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

OCLC:

1198931571