Jeffrey M. Cohen has lectured in Hebrew and biblical studies at the Universities of London and Glasgow. He has written twenty-six books and over two hundred articles on biblical and religious themes. His most recent work is The Book of Psalms: Poetry in Poetry (Wipf & Stock, 2018). Audience responses to his poetic readings at schools and religious and cultural groups have been consistently enthusiastic. He and his wife, Gloria, have four children and fourteen grandchildren.
Table of Contents
Preface
Foreword
1. The Fertility of the Early Israelites
2. Why We Were Slaves in Egypt
3. Is Freedom a Jewish Concept?
4. A Nation of Survivors!
5. Searching for the Chametz and the Origin of Pesach
6. The Symbolism of the Paschal Lamb
7. Why Moses is Not Mentioned in the Haggadah
8. The Four Cups of Wine
9. Four Sons or One?
10. The Son without Questions
11. Dislodging the Wicked Son's Teeth
12. "Not Just Once, but in Every Generation."
13. R. Eleazar's Dispute with the Sages
14. A Problem Verse in Dayyenu
15. Rabban Gamaliel Used to Say.
16. The Message of Hillel's Sandwich
17. The Spirit of the Shirah
18. Marital Lessons from Shir Hashirim
19. The Challenge of the Omer Period
20. Lag b'Omer and World Reconciliation
Index
