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Freedom Journeys: The Tale of Exodus and Wilderness across Millennia
How does the story of the Exodus echo in our own generation and in our own lives? "For us to hear the Oneness of God, we must grow into a place where the cosmic and the political are deeply the same truth."
―from Part V The story Jews retell on Passover is about rising up against tyranny, about the triumph of the God who sides with the despised against a resplendent emperor. Exploring how this tale applies to our own time enriches the ancient account―and it expands and transforms the community for which Exodus is a collective family story. Exodus is not only the saga of the escape from slavery, but also a story of courage, celebration, rebirth and community from which people of all faith traditions have learned and can continue to learn. Calling us to relearn and rethink the Passover story, Rabbi Arthur O. Waskow and Rabbi Phyllis O. Berman share: With contributions by Dr. Vincent Harding : "Exodus in African America: A Great Camp Meeting" Dr. S. Ayse Kadayifci-Orellana : “Exodus in the Qur'an: Mercy, Compassion, and Forgiveness” Ched Myers and Russell Powell : “Exodus in the Life and Death of Jesus”
―from Part V The story Jews retell on Passover is about rising up against tyranny, about the triumph of the God who sides with the despised against a resplendent emperor. Exploring how this tale applies to our own time enriches the ancient account―and it expands and transforms the community for which Exodus is a collective family story. Exodus is not only the saga of the escape from slavery, but also a story of courage, celebration, rebirth and community from which people of all faith traditions have learned and can continue to learn. Calling us to relearn and rethink the Passover story, Rabbi Arthur O. Waskow and Rabbi Phyllis O. Berman share: With contributions by Dr. Vincent Harding : "Exodus in African America: A Great Camp Meeting" Dr. S. Ayse Kadayifci-Orellana : “Exodus in the Qur'an: Mercy, Compassion, and Forgiveness” Ched Myers and Russell Powell : “Exodus in the Life and Death of Jesus”
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288 pages, Hardcover
First published February 1, 2011
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Arthur Waskow
45 books12 followersRabbi Arthur Ocean Waskow (born Arthur I. Waskow, 1933).
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February 2, 2012
This reflection on the meaning of the Exodus story through history and today gave me some fresh insights into the story and its meaning for our time. I was also interested in the examples of Jewish interpretation of specific parts of the story through history.
May 15, 2011
I found the first half of this book had some interesting ideas & interpretations, following the theme of the Exodus being a "birth" from a "narrow place."
Then I got sort of bogged down in mystical language that didn't speak to me at all.
Perhaps next year around Pesach time I'll pick it up again & probe more deeply into the second half of the book.
Then I got sort of bogged down in mystical language that didn't speak to me at all.
Perhaps next year around Pesach time I'll pick it up again & probe more deeply into the second half of the book.
April 6, 2013
Excellent, modern, progressive, historical study of Exodus.
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