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The Bible and Poetry

Name: The Bible and Poetry
Brand: New York Review of Books
SKU: 9781681376370
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Contributors:

Michael Edwards, Stephen E. Lewis (Translator)

Publisher:

New York Review of Books

Binding:

Paperback

Book Category:

Poetry, Literary Criticism, Religion

Book Subcategory:

Subjects & Themes, Comparative Literature, Biblical Commentary

Book Topic:

Inspirational & Religious

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Release Date:

2023-08-15

ISBN 13:

9781681376370

Weight:

0.45 lbs

Size:

7.90 x 5.00 x 0.60 inches

Pages:

176

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A fresh, provocative look at the link between poetry and Christianity, both as it relates to the Bible itself as well as to Christian and religious life, by an accomplished scholar.

The Bible is full of poems. In the Old Testament, there are the Psalms and the Song of Songs, the great exhortations and lamentations of the Prophets, and passages of poetry woven in throughout. In the New Testament, Jesus describes the kingdom of heaven with poetic epithets such as "a treasure hid in a field," calling the Son of God "the true vine," "the light of the world," "the good shepherd," and "the way, the truth, and the life." The Gospels reverberate with allusions to the poetry of the Old Testament; the last book of all is Revelation, a visionary poem. The Bible, in other words, asks to be read poetically from start to end, and yet readers have rarely considered what that might mean, much less heeded that call.

In The Bible and Poetry, the poet and scholar Michael Edwards reshapes our understanding of the Bible and religious belief, arguing that poetry is not an ornamental or accidental feature but is central to both. He speaks personally of his early, unanticipated, transformative encounters with scripture. He offers close, insightful, and resonant readings of biblical passages. Poetry, as he sees it, is the vital and necessary medium of the Creator's word, and the truth of the Bible is not a question of precepts and propositions but of a direct experience of its poetry, its power.

About the Author
Michael Edwards is an Anglo-French poet and scholar. Born in Barnes, London, he is the author of twenty books and the first English person ever to have been elected to the Collège de France and to the Académie Francaise.

Stephen E. Lewis is a professor of English at Franciscan University in Steubenville, Ohio, and a translator of French literature.

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