The Story of the Stories: The Chosen People and Its God

By: Dan Jacobson

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Synopsis: The Story of the Stories is a continually brilliant reading of Hebrew and Christian testaments as a coherent narrative, and a deeply thoughtful reflection on Jewish history as presented in the Bible. At the center of this story is the exalted and fearful covenant between God and Israel—a covenant between a weak, homeless people and their omnipotent, ubiquitous God. Here Dan Jacobson— a distinguished novelist, short-story writer, critic, and nonpracticing Jew—wrestles with the conflicting repercussions of being alternately "chosen" and rejected by God as he illuminates the narrative power and moral complexity of the Scriptures. This is a book that will stimulate either Christian or Jew to think more coherently about the impact of the relationship of belief and faith on history. It is a book that will keep company with Nietzsche's The Anti-Christ and Erich Auerbach's Mimesis.