Rabbi Burton L. Visotzky, named one of Forward's top fifty Jewish leaders in America, has been engaging spiritual seekers with the ancient wisdom of Judaism for over forty years. He is Appleman Professor of Midrash and Interreligious Studies and director of the Louis Finkelstein Institute for Religious and Social Studies and of the Milstein Center for Interreligious Dialogue at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America. Rabbi Burton L. Visotzky consulted with Bill Moyers and was a featured participant in the PBS television series Genesis: A Living Conversation. He is a lecturer and scholar-in-residence in synagogues, churches and mosques throughout North America, and the author of nine other books, including Sage Tales: Wisdom and Wonder from the Rabbis of the Talmud and Reading the Book: Making the Bible a Timeless Text.

Rabbi Burton L. Visotzky is available to speak on the following topics:

• The Genesis of Ethics: Bible Study and Moral Development
• Reading the Book: Making the Bible a Timeless Text
• Sibling Rivalries: Judaism and Christianity in Their Formative Years
• In Preparation for Passover
• The Road to Redemption: Ancient and Modern Readings of Exodus

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1 / Elijah the Prophet
2 / The Cast of Characters
3 / A Story Well Told Is Worth Retelling
4 / On Loan
5 / The Woman of Valor
6 / How a Boy Became a Rabbi
7 / Meanwhile Back at the Ranch
8 / Road Trip with Fireworks
9 / Anything He Can Do, I Can Do, Too
10 / I Had a Dream ... I've Been to the Mountaintop
11 / Paradise Ain't All It's Cracked Up to Be
12 / The Siege
13 / Comic Relief
14 / The Rabbi Confronts Caesar, or the Three Wishes
15 / The Gnat's Revenge
16 / Rainmaker
17 / Nicodemus and Buni-Uncensored!
18 / Rainmaker-The Sequel
19 / The Rabbis' Rip Van Winkle
20 / Pretty Woman 1 and 2
21 / Pretty Woman 3, 4, 5
22 / The End: We Hope

Appendix 1: The Complete Texts
Appendix 2: Who's Who
Glossary
Suggestions for Further Reading