Reimagining Exodus: A Story of Freedom by David Zaslow

By David Zaslow

greater than part the world's inhabitants understands the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt once they have been liberated from slavery. spiritual teams and pursuits of liberation, from the Puritans to Mormons to the yank Civil Rights circulation, have used it as a template and an notion of their personal struggles for freedom. In Jewish culture, the Exodus is utilized to the person existence trip, with captivities, freedoms and wildernesses. This booklet will discover how the struggles in Genesis should be utilized to our matters today—personal and cultural.

"Rabbi Zaslow weaves a connective tapestry for individuals of religion who not wish their religions to divide them from one another. Reimagining Exodus takes the reader on a undying trip. It indicates how the Passover tale has been a roadmap for either non secular and private liberation for millions of years. because the foundational tale underneath Judaism and Christianity it's time to reimagine how this seminal tale pertains to our global and our own lives today."
— Fr. Richard Rohr, middle of motion and Contemplation

"David Zaslow has taken one of many maximum tales ever informed and made it even larger. This ebook is a big reward to a person who's taking a trip of the soul, trying to get away inner slavery and make it to the promised position the place pain is not any more."
—Marianne Williamson, instructor and writer of Tears to Triumph

"With the brain of a pupil, the guts of a poet, and the sould of a Hasidic instructor, Rabbi David Zaslow explains the Biblical exodus as greater than an epic occasion. This publication bargains readers the traditional tale as a latest compass—one that may consultant our lives towards better which means and function, whatever the religion we persist with, citizenship we carry, or the politics we practice."
—Rabbi Brad Hirschfield, President, Clal, The nationwide Jewish heart for studying and Leadership

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