Poets of the Bible
From Solomon's Song of Songs to John's Revelation
WW Norton & Co (Publisher)
Published on 28. July 2017
Book
Hardback
544 pages
978-0-393-24389-5 (ISBN)
Description
The world's greatest poetry resides in the Bible, yet these major poets are traditionally rendered into prose. In this pioneering volume, Willis Barnstone's translations restore the lyricism and power of the poets' voices in both the New and the Old Testaments. In the Hebrew Bible, we hear Solomon rhapsodise in Song of Songs; David chant in Psalms; God and Job debate in grand rhetoric; and prophet-poet Isaiah plead for peace. Jesus speaks in wisdom verse in the Gospel, Paul is a philosopher of love and John of Patmos roars majestically in Revelation, the Bible's epic poem. This ground-breaking volume includes every major biblical poem from Genesis and Adam and Eve in the Garden to the last pages of Alpha and Omega in Paradise.
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"...fascinating new volume..." -- Herald ScotlandMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Dimensions
Height: 244 mm
Width: 168 mm
Thickness: 43 mm
Weight
920 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-393-24389-5 (9780393243895)
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Poets of the Bible
From Solomon's Song of Songs to John's Revelation
E-Book
06/2017
W. W. Norton & Company
€32.49
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Person
Willis Barnstone, professor, poet, and scholar, is the author of eighty volumes, including The Restored New Testament, The Gnostic Bible, The Poems of Jesus Christ, The Poetics of Translation, and Mexico in My Heart: New and Selected Poems. He lives in Oakland, California, and Paris.