Present at Sinai: The Giving of the LawJewish Publication Society, 2002 M01 1 - 332 pages Noble Laureate S. Y. Agnon brings together what has always been at the heart of Jewish religious consciousness: the Sinai event, the Revelation--as both memory and continuously renewed experience. |
Contents
THE MAKING OF THIS BOOK | 3 |
BEFORE CREATION | 14 |
IN THE THIRD MONTH | 36 |
of Egypt on this very day they entered the wilderness of Sinai | 42 |
Israel Encamped There | 52 |
YOU SHALL BE TO ME A TREASURED POSSESSION | 78 |
5 Now if you will heed Me faithfully and keep My covenant | 84 |
And Keep My Covenant | 91 |
9 And the Lord said to Moses I will come to you in a thick cloud | 124 |
ABSTINENCE AND BOUNDS | 131 |
URGING UPON URGING | 141 |
Moses Spoke | 179 |
SEPARATE PLACES | 189 |
25 And Moses went down to the people and spoke to them | 195 |
THE TEN COMMANDMENTS | 219 |
YOU YOURSELVES | 306 |
Reviewing the Whole Passage | 102 |
All the People | 109 |
Bless the Lord O His Angels | 115 |
Glossary | 313 |
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