A Curious Student’s Guide to the Book of Exodus: Enduring Life Lessons for the Twenty-First Century

by Reuven Travis

Publisher:

Wipf and Stock

, 2021

Overview

No matter how many times you have read stories from the Bible, there is always something new to learn from the lives of its characters and the challenges they face. This is especially true for the book of Exodus, and this second Curious Student’s Guide will help your children glean new insights into the Exodus narrative. This book will guide your children to these lessons by first summarizing key stories from Exodus and then asking thought-provoking questions. Consider the following example: Every reader of Exodus knows that Moses is its hero, but how many are aware of Miriam’s heroism? Miriam is six years old when Moses is born. Very often, adults tell six-year-old children that they are too little to do this or that. But it is Miriam who approaches Pharaoh’s daughter after she pulls baby Moses from the river to ask, “Shall I go and get you a Hebrew woman to nurse the child for you?” How dare any slave, especially a child, speak to Pharaoh’s daughter and tell her what to do? Miriam dares, and by highlighting her bravery, this book challenges young readers to think about what they can accomplish by speaking up. With this Curious Student’s Guide in hand, your children will discover similarly important life lessons they can apply to their own lives.

Praise for A Curious Student’s Guide to the Book of Exodus

I have found both the Genesis and Exodus student guides to be an invaluable resource. Rabbi Travis has accomplished something previously illusive—he has illuminated for my elementary school students the moral lessons contained in the weekly portion of the Torah and has made the stories of our ancestors more accessible and relatable than any teaching guide I have ever used before. I cannot recommend these books enough.

——Josh Kunis, Director of Jewish Life, Lehrman Community Day School, Miami Beach, Florida

Having been an early-childhood educator for many years, the beautiful and inquisitive minds of children have always astounded me, and thus this gem of a book is a gift—watch those minds be further challenged and inspired with the wisdom within. Rabbi Travis manages to be deep as well as succinct—you won’t be keeping this one on a shelf!

——Carla Hotz, Early Childhood Educator, Morah Carol’s Place

Product Details

• Title: A Curious Student’s Guide to the Book of Exodus: Enduring Life Lessons for the Twenty-First Century
• Author: Reuven Travis
• Publisher: Wipf and Stock
• Print Publication Date: 2021
• Logos Release Date: 2021
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Ebook
• ISBNs: 9781725271975, 9781725271951, 1725271958, 9781725271968, 1725271966, 1725271974
• Resource ID: LLS:9781725271975
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2023-02-12T10:57:23Z

About the Author

Reuven Travis has taught a wide range of classes, including Jewish law, Bible, and Jewish history, to students from grade two through high school. He received his BA from Dartmouth College, where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa. He holds a master’s degree in teaching form Mercer University and a master’s in Judaic studies from Spertus College. He has previously published three scholarly works on the books of Job, Numbers, and Genesis, respectively.