Reading Genesis Again For The First Time: A Radical Commentary - Softcover

Klein, Rabbi Joe

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1963789938 ISBN 13: 9781963789935

Verlag: APA, 2024

Inhaltsangabe

Reading Genesis Again For The First Time is a radical commentary on the Book of Genesis, very different from anything you’ve heard, read or been taught. Rabbi Joe Klein argues: there is a reason there are two Creation stories, and neither one is meant to explain how the world was created; the serpent is not evil, he’s God's agent; Adam and Eve did not sin, in fact God needed them to eat the fruit to get them out of the garden; Cain did not murder his brother, and should be seen as a "tragic hero"; Isaac, far from being a "patriarch," is a weak and seriously damaged child-man; Esau is not the evil twin of Jacob, but a sympathetic character to be pitied; and the Joseph narrative is essentially a story about the rivalry between Reuven and Judah for leadership of the clan. Additionally, this text explores a very sophisticated literary structure, waiting to be revealed to the careful reader.

Rabbi Joe Klein was ordained from Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, serving congregations in Indiana and Tennessee before retiring as Rabbi Emeritus from Temple Emanu-El (Oak Park MI). Currently he is Adjunct Professor teaching Genesis among other subjects at Oakland University and Rochester Christian University, both in Rochester MI. He continues to teach in the Adult Education program of the Jewish Federation of Metro Detroit, and is the Visiting Rabbi of the Grosse Pointe Jewish Council.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: APA
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2024
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1963789938
• ISBN 13: 9781963789935
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 193
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