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The Great Poems of the Bible: A Reader's Companion with New Translations

ISBN: 9781416589020, Title: The Great Poems of the Bible: A Reader's Companion with New Translations
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  • Author: Kugel, James L.
  • Publisher: Free Press
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2008
  • ISBN-13: 9781416589020
  • ISBN-10: 1416589023
In "The Great Poems of the Bible, " James Kugel, acclaimed Harvard scholar and former poetry editor of "Harpers Magazine, " selects eighteen essential poems from the Hebrew Bible and offers his own original and articulate translations of these core pieces of religious literature. His eloquent renditions are paired with deeply informed discussions about the conditions surrounding each poem, including its history and what the best religious scholarship and literary criticism tell us about how the poem should be understood. Kugel explains traditions, clarifies often-misunderstood language, and offers readers wonderfully insightful explanations that are indispensable to understanding the poems and, ultimately, the fundamental teachings of the Old Testament.
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