{"product_id":"self-struggle-change-family-conflict-stories-in-genesis-and-their-healing-insights-for-our-lives-hardcover","title":"Self Struggle \u0026 Change: Family Conflict Stories in Genesis and Their Healing Insights for Our Lives - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNorman J. Cohen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHow do I find greater wholeness in my life and in my family's life? \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"To appreciate the importance of the Bible and gain insight about ourselves from it, both Jews and Christians can use the process of \u003ci\u003emidrash: \u003c\/i\u003e The attempt to find contemporary meaning in the biblical text. The term \u003ci\u003emidrash\u003c\/i\u003e comes from the Hebrew root \u003ci\u003edarash\u003c\/i\u003e which means to seek, search, or demand (meaning from the biblical text). The starting point of our search for personal meaning is the Bible itself.... Each generation, each reader, can approach the text anew and draw meaning from it.\"\u003cbr\u003e--from \u003ci\u003eSelf, Struggle \u0026amp; Change\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe stress of late-20th-century living only brings new variations to timeless personal struggles. The people described by the biblical writers of Genesis were in situations and relationships very much like our own, and their stories still speak to us because they are about the same basic problems we deal with every day. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLearning from Adam and Eve, can we find the courage not only to face our other side, but to draw strength from it? Learning from Leah and Rachel, can we stop competing with our loved ones, and begin to accept them and find ourselves? Sarah, Hagar, Lot, Ishmael and Isaac, Rebekkah, Joseph and his brothers, Jacob and Esau...this vibrant cast of characters offers us new ways of understanding ourselves and our families and healing our lives. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA modern master of biblical interpretation brings us greater understanding of the ancient biblical text, and of the insights its characters give us about ourselves and our families today. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBy bringing the people in Genesis to life--husbands and wives, fathers and sons, brothers and sisters-- \u003ci\u003eSelf, Struggle \u0026amp; Change\u003c\/i\u003e shows us how to find wholeness in our lives. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDr. Norman J. Cohen\u003c\/strong\u003e is widely recognized as one of the great teachers of his generation. A rabbi, professor emeritus of midrash and former provost of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, he frequently lectures to Jewish and Christian laypeople and scholars on Bible study and midrash-finding contemporary meaning from ancient biblical texts. Cohen was a participant in Bill Moyers's \u003cem\u003eGenesis: A Living Conversation\u003c\/em\u003e on PBS. He is author of \u003cem\u003eSelf, Struggle \u0026amp; Change: Family Conflict Stories in Genesis and Their Healing Insights for Our Lives\u003c\/em\u003e;\u003cem\u003e Voices from Genesis: Guiding Us through the Stages of Life\u003c\/em\u003e;\u003cem\u003e Moses and the Journey to Leadership: Timeless Lessons of Effective Management from the Bible and Today's Leaders\u003c\/em\u003e;\u003cem\u003e Hineni in Our Lives: Learning How to Respond to Others through 14 Biblical Texts \u0026amp; Personal Stories \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eThe Way Into Torah\u003c\/em\u003e (all Jewish Lights).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 212\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 01, 1994\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47420080095410,"sku":"9781683362876","price":32.38,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/8cdb0ba634d08007c03d300505bebd4d.webp?v=1778482552","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/self-struggle-change-family-conflict-stories-in-genesis-and-their-healing-insights-for-our-lives-hardcover","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}