When God fought the sea dragons
The world of myth. Eden's winged serpent ; When gods seduced women ; Moses or God? Who split the Sea of Reeds? ; What is manna? ; The hero who stopped the sun
Cult and sacred geography. The wandering Gate of Heaven ; Seeing and weeping: managing the story of a divine defeat ; Where were Rachel and Jacob buried? ; Where in the wilderness did Israel receive the Torah? ; Some more reasons for eating matzah ; Was worshiping the Golden Calf a sin? ; Where was the law given? In the wilderness or in the land of Israel? ; When and how was the city of Dan sanctified?
Biblical heroes and their biographies. What did Ham do to his father? ; Out of the fire: recovering the story of Abraham's origins ; The reinterpretation of a name: Jacob's in utero activities ; Were the Israelites never in Egypt? A peculiar tradition about Ephraim ; Moses's most miraculous birth ; Moses's African romance ; Moses's necessary death ; Son of God? The suspicious story of Samson's birth ; A Cinderella tale: clues to David's lost birth story ; Finding the real killer of Goliath ; How a savior became a villain: Jeroboam and the Exodus
Relations between men and women. Sister or not: Sarah's adventures with Pharaoh ; The story of Rebekah and the servant on the road from Haran ; Reuben, Bilhah, and a silent Jacob ; Seduction before murder: the case of Jael ; No innocent death: David, Abigail, and Nabal ; Not just riddles: Solomon and the Queen of Sheba.
