The Burning Word: A Christian Encounter with Jewish Midrash
Midrash is a Hebrew word meaning "to search out." This ancient, Jewish method for interpreting the Bible searches not for what is familiar but for what is unfamiliar, not for what's clear but for what's unclear, and then wrestles with the text, passionately, playfully, and reverently. Midrash views the Bible as one side of a conversation, started by God, containing an implicit invitation to keep the conversation going. Kunst invites the reader to explore Midrash for the first time through a conversation, at times humorous, reflective and poetic, offering practical suggestions for personal Midrash-making along the way.
- Author
- Judith Kunst
- Format
- paperback
- Pages
- 151
- Publisher
- Paraclete Press
- Language
- english
- ISBN
- 9781557254269
- Release date
- 2006
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