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The Great Poems of the Bible: A Reader's Companion with New Translations (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781416589020)
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xIn 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ﾊ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.
Author: James L. Kugel
ISBN-10: 1416589023
ISBN-13: 9781416589020
Publisher: Free Press
Language: English
Published: 10/21/2008
Pages: 352
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.90d
Author: James L. Kugel
ISBN-10: 1416589023
ISBN-13: 9781416589020
Publisher: Free Press
Language: English
Published: 10/21/2008
Pages: 352
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.90d
By James L. Kugel
xJames L. Kugel served as the Starr Professor of Hebrew at Harvard from 1982 to 2003, where his course on the Bible was regularly one of the most popular on campus, enrolling more than nine hundred students. A specialist in the Hebrew Bible and its interpretation, he now lives in Jerusalem. His recent books include The God of Old, In the Valley of the Shadow and the forthcoming The Great Change.
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