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Essay How Elie Wiesel Taught Me to Grapple with Difficult Religious Texts When a text disappoints us with an anti-human message, we will avoid the sin of premature forgiveness, of letting the text off the hook too easily. Ariel Burger February 26, 2019
Essay In the Beginning, Dr. Ruth Read Genesis Beth Kissileff is the editor of Reading Genesis: Beginnings, a collection of essays on the Hebrew Bible by experts in range of non-rabbinic fields. Beth is blogging… Beth Kissileff February 29, 2016
Nonfiction Derashot Ledorot: Genesis, A Commentary for the Ages Norman Lamm; Stuart Halpern, ed.; Meir Soloveichik, fwd.
Essay The First Jewish Debate Earlier this week, Rabbi Barry Schwartz wrote about needing more Jewish debate. He will be blogging here all week for Jewish Book Council and MyJewishLearning.The… Barry Schwartz March 28, 2012
Children’s In the Beginning: The Art of Genesis Chuck Fischer, producer; Curtis Flowers, text; Bruce Foster, paper engineer
Children’s Genesis – The Book with Seventy Faces: A Guide for the Family Esther Takac; Anna Pignataro, illus.
Nonfiction The Serpent’s Skin: Creation, Knowledge, and Intimacy in the Book of Genesis Marc Klein
