The Poems of Jesus Christ
W. W. Norton & Company (Publisher)
Published on 26. March 2012
288 pages
978-0-393-08413-9 (ISBN)
Description
The words of Jesus Christ are restored to their original poetic form in this extraordinary volume.
Jesus Christ, whose teachings have been on the lips of millions for two millennia, is revealed here as one of the greatest poets of all time. What happened to deafen us to the poetic nature of his words? In migrating from Aramaic speech into written Greek translation, and later into English translation, the lyrics got locked up as prose.In The Poems of Jesus Christ Willis Barnstone unveils the essential poetry of the Gospels by taking the direct speech of Jesus from Mark, Matthew, Luke, and John, and lineating and titling Jesus's words as individual poems. Jesus's poems are wisdom lyrics and narrative parables, rich with garden, animal, and nature imagery. Austere and poignant, they carry the totality of the Gospels' message through the intensity of a single voice--the Gospel of Jesus.
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Content
- Intro
- Also by Willis Barnstone
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Epigraph
- Jesus Christ, The Invisible Poet in the Gospels
- Bon Voyage
- Mark (Markos)
- Matthew (Mattityahu)
- Luke (Loukas)
- John (Yohanan)
- Thomas (Toma)
- Glossary
- Chapter and Verse of Poems
- Bibliography
- Acknowledgments
- Praise for The Poems of Jesus Christ
- Copyright
