Exodus
Michelangelo, the headbutting prophet, and an ancient Aramaic prayer.
Gersonides on the Tabernacle.
Revolution, tradition, and the exodus.
A new pharaoh who knew not Joseph.
Liberation theology, the Exodus, and divine love.
“As they sat in shul all those centuries ago, they could hear the Song of Songs, and feel hope for the final redemption.”
Imagining the first Passover.
American Jews’ two narratives of liberation.
Reading Exodus as a tale of two ancient Near Eastern construction projects.
A rabbi and Bible scholar joins us to talk about his trips to biblical Egypt, and about the role of Egypt in the Jewish imagination.
And the dangers to Jews of ignoring the biblical heritage.
The Abraham Accords and the Egyptian roots of Passover.
As the Jewish people begins to celebrate Passover, a political philosopher asks how Exodus can clear up the ways that the left and right misunderstand what it takes to be free.
Cultural appropriation.