Reading Between the Lines New Stories from the Bible

by Katz, David A.; Lovenheim, Peter

• ISBN13: 9781568216041
• ISBN10: 1568216041
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1996-08-01
• Publisher: Jason Aronson, Inc.

Summary

This anthology consists of original writings by a wide range of talented individuals, each of whom has responded creatively to specific stories in the Bible. The authors represent this collection as a modern Midrashim".

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements
Introduction - by the editors
A New Yorker's Guide to Eden	p. 1
Forbidden Fruit	p. 5
Parable of the Serpent	p. 7
Paradise Lost - For Better or Worse?	p. 9
Eve	p. 13
The Shadow	p. 15
Cain and Canine	p. 19
Why People Took So Long to Die	p. 26
The Flood: A Dove's Tale	p. 31
The First Hamburger	p. 34
The Sign: A Midrash of the Rainbow	p. 36
Lech Lecha	p. 39
Hagar Talks Back	p. 41
Lot's Wife Encased in Salt	p. 43
Lot's Wife	p. 46
Hager and Ishmael	p. 48
Lech Lecha: Sarah's Refrain	p. 50
Toward the Land of Moriah	p. 53
Letter from Isaac	p. 55
Sarah's Sacrifice	p. 59
Isaac and Ishmael	p. 62
The Dream of Isaac	p. 69
All Prophecies Fulfilled	p. 72
Ignored Sons/Favorite Sons	p. 79
The Rape of Dinah	p. 82
Dinah	p. 86
Leah's Eulogy	p. 88
A Genesis Kaddish	p. 93
Jochebed, Mother of Moses	p. 99
The Fist Step	p. 101
Moses Goes Exploring	p. 107
Sing a Lively Song	p. 110
Moses and the Ten Contractual Provisions	p. 113
Letters on Both Sides	p. 117
The Material Calf	p. 121
Aaron's Rap	p. 124
The Daughters of Zelophedad	p. 127
Moses and the Fifth Commandment	p. 132
The Ram at Moriah	p. 139
The First Yom Kippur	p. 145
An Heretical Jonah: A Midrashic Fantasia	p. 151
Pillar of Cloud	p. 165
The Dreams of the Torah	p. 171
The First Kippah	p. 177
Vashti	p. 185
Pesach Death, Pesach Demands	p. 189
Exodus Meditation	p. 191
Pesach	p. 192
The Silent Journey: A Story of The Passage of Ruth and Naomi	p. 197
Biographical Information	p. 203
Index to Major Biblical Characters	p. 209
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