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Exile

This program focuses on Joseph’s exile in Egypt and explores the issues of national and spiritual exile, assimilation, coming of age, and the dilemma of beauty. "A person who has a yearning for the spirit feels like an exile in this world, no matter how much he serves it," says Islamic scholar Seyyed Hossein Nasr in this program. Also featured are theologian Dianne Bergant; author and scholar Norman Cohen; biblical studies scholar Francisco Garcia-Treto; P. K. McCary, author of Black Bible Chronicles; sacred literature expert Phyllis Trible; and Rabbi Burton Visotzky. (60 minutes)

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Item#: BVL6456
Copyright date: ©1996




     
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In God's Image

This program looks at the very first story in the Book of Genesis, God's creation of the Earth and humankind. "There has to be a woman. There has to be a man. And there has to be a divine spark," observes Rabbi Burton Visotzky in this program which e...(more details)
 
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The First Murder

This program focuses on the story of Cain and Abel and asks the question "Are we our brother's keeper?" The program deals with such issues as sibling relationships and the nature of justice and mercy. Featured in the program are authors John Barth, R...(more details)
 
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The Test

This program examines God's command to Abraham to sacrifice his son Isaac. "What kind of God would ask me to kill my son?" asks theologian Francisco Garcia-Treto in this program, which explores the difference between blind faith and true faith, and t...(more details)
 
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God Wrestling

This program looks at the story of Jacob's wrestling with the angel. "What a wonderful thing...to begin by struggling with an adversary, only to discover that you are in the embrace of a lover," says theologian John Kselman in this program, which exp...(more details)
 
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Blessed Deception

This program focuses on the story in which Rebekah procures Isaac's blessing for Jacob through deceit. Sibling rivalry, the idea of women as the carriers of faith, the nature of blessing, and the uses of deception are all explored in the program. Fea...(more details)
 
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