Beth Kissileff is the author of the forthcoming novel, Questioning Return. She is at work on a second novel and a scholarly study of Biblical misunderstandings between humans and God. She has received fellowships from the Corporation of Yaddo and the National Endowment for the Humanities and has taught at Carleton College, the University of Minnesota, Smith College and Mount Holyoke College.

• PrefaceAcknowledgementsAbbreviationsExodus 1 - Migrations1. Beyond Tolerance, Why the Story of the Exodus Matters – Jeffrey H. Cohen, Ohio State University, USA2. Founding Myth, Population Genetics: Multiple Foundings and Migrations -- Harry Ostrer, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, USAExodus 1 Midwives3. 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, USAExodus 1 The Daughter of Pharoah5. The Outstretched Arm of Pharaoh’s Daughter: A Midrash -- Aryeh Lev Stollman, Mount Sinai Hospital New York, USAExodus 2 The Birth of Moses6. Imagining Moses: From Aham Ha’am to Alabama -- Stuart Schoffman, Journalist7. Moses’ Dilemma: The Problems -- Mark Irving Lichbach, University of Maryland, USAExodus 3 The Burning Bush8. The Iconography of Exodus -- Tom Freudenheim, American Federation of the Arts, USAExodus 5 Moses and Aaron’s meeting with Pharoah9. Exodus and Revolution – Michael Walzer, Princeton University, USAExodus 12 Illustrating Exodus10. The Amsterdam Haggadah of 1695 -- Adam S. Cohen, University of Toronto, CanadaExodus 13 Leaving Slavery11. The Problem of Slavery in the Age of Emancipation – David Brion Davis, Yale University, USAExodus 15 The Song at the Sea12. Songwriting and Exodus – Peter Himmelman, Singer/Songwriter13. Poetry in Exodus -- Jacqueline Osherow, University of Utah, USAExodus 15 The Song of Miriam14. Know Your Place: On Miriam, Ambition, and the Punishing of Women -- Elana Maryles Sztokman, activisit15. Exodus 15: 26 “I am the Lord that Heals You” – Elisha Waldman, Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, USAExodus 16 Manna16. Honeydew -- Edith Pearlman, novelistExodus 16 Fleshpots of Egypt17. 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, artist19. On Memory and Narrative – Beth Kissileff, University of Pittsburgh, USAExodus 19 Sinai20. 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, USAExodus 20 Law22. Judaism as a Rule System – Jessica Hammer, Carnegie Mellon University, USAExodus 20 The Sabbath23. The Sabbath, Oliver Sacks, New York University, USAExodus 23 Duty24. Paradox of Impartiality: The Western Right to Refrain from Acting and the Biblical Duty to Act -- Frederick M. Lawrence, Georgetown Law Center, USAExodus 31 Betzalel25. The Character of Betzalel -- Amy Gottlieb, novelist Exodus 32 The Golden Calf26. Abstraction, Embodiment, and the Necessity of Radiance – Karen Schiff, artistExodus 33 Show Me Your Glory27. Show Me Your Glory – Sharrona Pearl, Annenberg School for Communication, USAExodus 35 The Tabernacle28. Flux and Feng Shui of the Tabernacle -- Elisheva Levi, Interior Architects New York, USAExodus 38 The Mirrors29. Everyday Redemption: Performances of Hope – Moses Pava, Syms School of Business, USAIndex