The Hidden Order of Intimacy: Reflections on the Book of Leviticus Zornberg Avivah Gottlieb
The Hidden Order of Intimacy: Reflections on the Book of Leviticus Zornberg Avivah Gottlieb A masterly analysis of the Book of Leviticus, the newest volume in the award-winning series of commentaries…
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The Hidden Order of Intimacy: Reflections on the Book of Leviticus Zornberg Avivah Gottlieb
A masterly analysis of the Book of Leviticus, the newest volume in the award-winning series of commentaries on the Hebrew Bible by "a celebrated biblical scholar, keen on weaving together traditional Jewish exegesis, psychoanalysis, and postmodern criticism" (The New York Times Book Review)The image of the Golden Calf haunts the commentaries that thread through Leviticus. According to midrashic tradition, the post-traumatic effects of the sin of the Golden Calf linger through the generations, the sin to be "paid off" in small increments through time. This catastrophic episode, in which the Israelites (freed from Egyptian slavery and forty days after their momentous encounter with God at Mount Sinai) worship a pagan idol while Moses is receiving the Torah from God on the mountaintop, gives the mostly legalistic text a unique depth and resonance.
Post-biblical