Preface Acknowledgements Abbreviations Exodus 1 - Migrations 1. Beyond Tolerance, Why the Story of the Exodus Matters – Jeffrey H. Cohen, Ohio State University, USA 2. Founding Myth, Population Genetics: Multiple Foundings and Migrations -- Harry Ostrer, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, USA Exodus 1 Midwives 3. Saviors and Liars: The Midwives of Exodus 1 -- Esther Schor, Princeton University, USA 4. Civil Disobedience and Disobedience in the Story of the Midwives – Oren Gross, University of Minnesota Law School, USA Exodus 1 The Daughter of Pharoah 5. The Outstretched Arm of Pharaoh’s Daughter: A Midrash -- Aryeh Lev Stollman, Mount Sinai Hospital New York, USA Exodus 2 The Birth of Moses 6. Imagining Moses: From Aham Ha’am to Alabama -- Stuart Schoffman, Journalist 7. Moses’ Dilemma: The Problems -- Mark Irving Lichbach, University of Maryland, USA Exodus 3 The Burning Bush 8. The Iconography of Exodus -- Tom Freudenheim, American Federation of the Arts, USA Exodus 5 Moses and Aaron’s meeting with Pharoah 9. Exodus and Revolution – Michael Walzer, Princeton University, USA Exodus 12 Illustrating Exodus 10. The Amsterdam Haggadah of 1695 -- Adam S. Cohen, University of Toronto, Canada Exodus 13 Leaving Slavery 11. The Problem of Slavery in the Age of Emancipation – David Brion Davis, Yale University, USA Exodus 15 The Song at the Sea 12. Songwriting and Exodus – Peter Himmelman, Singer/Songwriter 13. Poetry in Exodus -- Jacqueline Osherow, University of Utah, USA Exodus 15 The Song of Miriam 14. Know Your Place: On Miriam, Ambition, and the Punishing of Women -- Elana Maryles Sztokman, activisit 15. Exodus 15: 26 “I am the Lord that Heals You” – Elisha Waldman, Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, USA Exodus 16 Manna 16. Honeydew -- Edith Pearlman, novelist Exodus 16 Fleshpots of Egypt 17. Ireland and the Fleshpots of Egypt in James Joyce’s Ulysses – Abby Bender, New York University, USA Exodus 17 Memory 18. Book as Memory – Lynne Avadenka, artist 19. On Memory and Narrative – Beth Kissileff, University of Pittsburgh, USA Exodus 19 Sinai 20. Being Present at Mount Sinai: My Life as an Immigrant – Ilan Stavans, Amherst College, USA 21. The Chosen People: The Wondrous and Terrifying Life of a Wild Idea – Liel Leibovitz, New York University, USA Exodus 20 Law 22. Judaism as a Rule System – Jessica Hammer, Carnegie Mellon University, USA Exodus 20 The Sabbath 23. The Sabbath, Oliver Sacks, New York University, USA Exodus 23 Duty 24. Paradox of Impartiality: The Western Right to Refrain from Acting and the Biblical Duty to Act -- Frederick M. Lawrence, Georgetown Law Center, USA Exodus 31 Betzalel 25. The Character of Betzalel -- Amy Gottlieb, novelist Exodus 32 The Golden Calf 26. Abstraction, Embodiment, and the Necessity of Radiance – Karen Schiff, artist Exodus 33 Show Me Your Glory 27. Show Me Your Glory – Sharrona Pearl, Annenberg School for Communication, USA Exodus 35 The Tabernacle 28. Flux and Feng Shui of the Tabernacle -- Elisheva Levi, Interior Architects New York, USA Exodus 38 The Mirrors 29. Everyday Redemption: Performances of Hope – Moses Pava, Syms School of Business, USA Index