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Creation: The Story of BeginningsIn Creation: The Story of Beginnings, Jonathan Grossman unveils the hidden meaning of the first eleven chapters of Genesis. His insightful and creative literary analysis interweaves theology, psychology, and philosophy, extracting a fresh and refreshing understanding of the biblical text. Drawing upon the words of the sages and the great medieval commentators, and employing contemporary literary tools, Grossman journeys back to the beginning of creation to show how human initiative goes hand in hand with both sin and progress. Part of the Maggid Tanakh Companions (MTC) this title is the first of a 4 volume set on Sefer Bereishit, all by Prof. Grossman. It is the English translation of בראשית: סיפורן של התחלות.
RABBI DR. JONATHAN GROSSMAN is an associate professor in the Department of Bible, Bar-Ilan University, and the Department of Bible, Herzog College, Alon Shevut. He earned his MA in Jewish Philosophy from the Hebrew University and his PhD in Bible from Bar-Ilan University, and has taught at Midreshet Migdal Oz. Among his previous books are Esther: The Outer Narrative and the Hidden Reading (2011), Ruth: Bridges and Boundaries (2015), Text and Subtext: On Exploring Biblical Narrative Design (2015), and Abram to Abraham: A Literary Analysis of the Abraham Narrative (2016).
Hilkhot Avelut: Understanding the Laws of MourningRabbi David Brofsky is an educator and author. He has taught Talmud and halakha in yeshivas and seminaries in Israel, including Yeshivat Har Etzion, Michlelet Mevaseret Yerushalyim, Midreshet Lindenbaum, and Midreshet Torah V’Avodah. He writes a weekly halakha shiur for Yeshivat Har Etzion’s Israel Koschitzky Virtual Beit Midrash (VBM), and is also the author of Hilkhot Tefilla (2010) and Hilkhot Mo’adim (2013). Rabbi Brofsky lives in Alon Shevut, Gush Etzion, with his wife, Mali, and their four children.
