Verslag van de zoektocht van de auteur naar sporen van zijn mysterieuze grootvader Heshel Melamed, rabbijn in een Litouws dorp.

What kind of a God singles out a particular people for special favours and punishments? What does being chosen by God mean to both parties? What are the opportunities and temptations of such a relationship? Writing from a secular point of view, Jacobson offers a profound and serious meditation that sheds a new light on biblical scholarship and orthodox theology. On first publication, The Story of the Stories was at once perceived to be a seminal work.