With All Thine Heart : : Love and the Bible / / Ilan Stavans, Mordecai Drache.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Rutgers University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Stavans, Ilan,; Drache, Mordecai,
• Place / Publishing House: New Brunswick, NJ : : Rutgers University Press, , [2010]; ©2010
• Year of Publication: 2010
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (190 p.) :; 10 illustrations

Is the Bible actually a love story between a deity and a people? And what does this love story have to do with the modern world? In With All Thine Heart distinguished cultural critic Ilan Stavans speaks to freelance writer Mordecai Drache about love in the Bible. Presented in an engaging, conversational format and touched with striking artwork, the textured dialogue between Stavans and Drache is meant to show how the Bible is a multidimensional text and one that, when considered over the course of history, still has the power to shape our world. The theme of love provides the connective tissue that binds this work. Addressing a wide range of topics, from biblical archaeology and fundamentalism to Hollywood movies, lexicography, and the act of praying, With All Thine Heart suggests that the Hebrew Bible is a novel worth decoding patiently, such as one does with classics like Don Quixote de la Mancha, In Search of Lost Time, and Anna Karenina. Similar to the protagonists in these tales, biblical characters, although not shaped with the artistic nuance of modern literature, allow for astonishing insight. This exploration of love through the pages of the Bible—organized chronologically from Genesis to Exodus and followed by insightful meditations on the Song of Songs and the Book of Job—is a delightful intellectual and spiritual treat . . . Shema Ysrael!

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Shema Ysrael! -- I. Adam’s Partners: “It is not good for man to be alone” -- II. The Mission of Abraham: “And I will bless them” -- III. The Birth of Israel: “Thou shalt serve thy brother” -- IV. Moses’ Guidance: “If I have found favor in your sight” -- V. The National Self: “To teach them war” -- VI. Song of Songs: “Let him kiss me” -- VII. Job’s Perplexity: “A perfect and an upright man” -- Love and Stupidity -- Acknowledgments -- Index -- About the Authors