The Murmuring Deep

Reflections on the Biblical Unconscious

Avivah Gottlieb Zornberg

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Schocken Books
15 October 2011

Judaism: sacred texts

A book that enhances our appreciation of the Bible-""explaining, exploring, and deepening our sense of what it means to be a human being of faith in a world as fractured and fragmentary as ours"" (Forward).

Avivah Gottlieb Zornberg informs her literary analysis of the biblical text with concepts drawn from Freud, Winnicott, Laplanche, and other psychoanalytic thinkers to make a powerful argument for the idea that the creators of the midrashic commentary, the medieval rabbinic commentators, and the Hassidic commentators were themselves on some level aware of the complex interplay between conscious and unconscious levels of experience and used this knowledge in their interpretations.

In her analysis of the stories of Adam and Eve, Noah, Jonah, Abraham, Rebecca, Isaac, Joseph and his brothers, Ruth, and Esther, Zornberg reveals the interaction between consciousness and unconsciousness.

By: Avivah Gottlieb Zornberg
Imprint: Schocken Books
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 157mm, Spine: 28mm
Weight: 539g
ISBN: 9780805212068
ISBN 10: 080521206X
Pages: 480
Publication Date: 15 October 2011
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

AVIVAH GOTTLIEB ZORNBERGis the author of The Murmuring Deep- Reflections on the Biblical Unconscious, The Beginning of Desire- Reflections on Genesis and The Particulars of Rapture- Reflections on Exodus. She lectures widely in Israel, the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. She lives in Jerusalem.

Reviews for The Murmuring Deep: Reflections on the Biblical Unconscious

In Praise of The Murmuring Deep A book for readers who seek out that rare sensibility capable of explaining, exploring, and deepening our sense of what it means to be a human being of faith in a world as fractured and fragmentary as ours. -- Forward Zornberg tries to lay bare the process by which biblical characters act as they do, and she shows how the Bible employs not just the intelligible, well-ordered language of conscious speech but also the elusive idiom of the unconscious. [The text] becomes in her hands, yet again, a work of mystery. -- The Wall Street Journal Zornberg's breadth of knowledge is awe-inspiring. Because she is steeped in such varied sources of knowledge, she speaks to readers of varied backgrounds and interests. This is a book to be savored. There are gems throughout. -- The Jerusalem Report In Zornberg's brilliant new work, we have a heroic reconstruction of the rabbinic canon in ways that seek to maker