Avivah Zornberg — The Transformation of Pharoah, Moses, and God

On Being : Avivah Zornberg — The Transformation of Pharoah, Moses, and God Image
On Being : Avivah Zornberg — The Transformation of Pharoah, Moses, and God Image

Avivah Zornberg — The Transformation of Pharoah, Moses, and God

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With a master of midrash as our guide, we walk through the Exodus story at the heart of Passover. It’s not the simple narrative you’ve watched at the movies or learned in Sunday school. Neither Moses or Pharaoh, nor the oppressed Israelites or even God, are as they seem. As Avivah Zornberg reveals, Exodus is a cargo of hidden stories — telling the messy, strange, redemptive truth of us as we are, and life as it is.