God's echo :exploring scripture with midrash /Sandy Eisenberg Sasso ; afterword by Joan Chittister.
Description
Is God speaking to me? -- Listening to God's echo -- What is midrash? -- Reading the Bible with question marks -- How does midrash speak to us? -- Listening to your story -- Revelation takes place all the time -- Looking into God's mirror -- Should humans have been created? -- Shaping the world out of compassion -- What makes us angry? -- Eavesdropping on the first argument -- Who is responsible? -- Blaming God for our shortcomings -- What if the angels should come too late? -- Getting on with it, when you can't get over it -- God is in this place, but I did not know it -- Finding holiness in unexpected places -- Who is the first to cross the sea? -- Taking risks for freedom -- I will call you Batya, daughter of God -- Loving the stranger -- God teaches Adam to make fire -- Getting through the night -- What made Miriam dance and Akiba laugh? -- Making the sound of hope -- What can midrash do? -- Learning to dance while standing still.
168 pages :illustrations ;18 cm
Book Details
Author
Sasso, Sandy Eisenberg.
Place Published
City
Brewster, MA
Publication Subjects
Bible.--Pentateuch--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Midrash.
God (Judaism)
God (Judaism)--fast--(OCoLC)fst00944157
Midrash.--fast--(OCoLC)fst01020601
Call No.
BS1225.52 .S29 2007
ISBN
9781557254788, 1557254788
LCCN
2007006829
Notes
Bibliography Note: Includes bibliographical references.
Carrier type: volumencrdacarrier
Media type: unmediatednrdamedia
Date: [2007]
Publication Info: {copy}2007