The Particulars of Rapture

In her commentary on the book of Exodusthe stories of slavery and liberation the burning bush the revelation at Sinai the golden calf the shattering of the tablets the building and consecration of the tabernacleAvivah Gottlieb Zornberg weaves a magnificent tapestry of classical biblical talmudic and midrashic interpretations; literary allusions; and insights from the worlds of philosophy and psychology into a narrative that gives us fascinating new perspectives on the biblical themes of exodus and redemption.