PDF⋙ Beginnings: Reflections on the Bible's Intriguing Firsts by Meir Shalev
Beginnings: Reflections on the Bible's Intriguing Firsts by Meir Shalev Beginnings: Reflections on the Bible's Intriguing Firsts by Meir Shalev PDF, ePub eBook D0wnl0ad The bestselling and prize-winning Israeli author Meir Shalev describes the many "firsts" of the Bible – the first love and the first death, to the first laugh and the first dream – providing a fresh, secular and surprising look at the stories we think we know. The first kiss in the Bible is not a kiss of love. The first love in the Bible is not the love of a man and a woman. The first hatred in the Bible is the hatred of a man toward his wife. The first laugh in the Bible is also the last. In Beginnings , Meir Shalev reintroduces us to the heroes and heroines of the Old Testament, exploring these and many more of the Bible’s unexpected "firsts." Combining penetrating wit, deep empathy, and impressive knowledge of the Bible, he probes each episode to uncover nuances and implications that a l
