Dr. Norman J. Cohen is widely recognized as one of the great teachers of his generation. A rabbi, professor emeritus of midrash and former provost of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, he frequently lectures to Jewish and Christian laypeople and scholars on Bible study and midrash-finding contemporary meaning from ancient biblical texts. Cohen was a participant in Bill Moyers's Genesis: A Living Conversation on PBS. He is author of Self, Struggle & Change: Family Conflict Stories in Genesis and Their Healing Insights for Our Lives; Voices from Genesis: Guiding Us through the Stages of Life; Moses and the Journey to Leadership: Timeless Lessons of Effective Management from the Bible and Today's Leaders; Hineni in Our Lives: Learning How to Respond to Others through 14 Biblical Texts & Personal Stories and The Way Into Torah (all Jewish Lights).

Acknowledgments
Introduction

1. Showing the Potential for Leadership-Exodus 2
2. The Calling: Overcoming Self-Doubt-Exodus 3-4
3. The Vision of Leadership-Exodus 6:2-13
4. We Possess the Power and the Ability-Exodus 14:10-16
5. The Leader's Unique Song-Exodus 15:1-21
6. We Can Survive the Desert and Sweeten the Waters-Exodus 15:22-27
7. The Burden of Leadership-Exodus 17:1-7
8. The Leader Needs Support-Exodus 17:8-16
9. A Key to Leadership: Empowerment-Exodus 18:13-27
10. The Leader's Vision-Exodus 19
11. In the Face of Challenge and Rejection-Exodus 32
12. Hearing Criticism: Knowing How to Respond-Numbers 12
13. Making Tough Decisions; Meeting Challenges-Numbers 16, 17:1-6
14. Balancing the Personal and the Professional-Numbers 20:1-13; 21:16-19
15. Leaders Struggle with Their Mortality-Deuteronomy 3:23-28
16. Raising Up the Next Generation of Leaders-Deuteronomy 31

Conclusion
Notes
Suggestions for Further Reading