Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-177) and indexes.
The wings of the dove: Noah and Jonah in flight from self -- The rebirth of the individual: the Tower of Babel and the midwives of Israel -- Mysterious priests and troubled patriarchs: Melchizedek and Jethro and the building of leaders -- The three faces of woman: the Garden of Eden in search of sequels -- Forbidden fruit and the quest for motherhood: Havvah and Sarah -- The tent, the field, and the battlefield: Rebekah and other mothers -- Classical Jewish sources