James L. Kugel

The Great Poems of the Bible (eBook, ePUB)

A Reader's Companion with New Translations

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

From the Psalms to the Prophets, from job to Ecclesiastes, much of the Bible is written in poetry. The poems of the Bible include some of its best known and most beloved passages: "The Lord is my shepherd," "Let justice roll down like waters," "By the rivers of Babylon," "Remember your Creator," "Arise, shine, for thy light is come!" These poems live in the hearts of those who are familiar with the Bible and offer rich rewards to anyone who is approaching the world's greatest book for the first time.
In The Great Poems of the Bible, Harvard scholar James Kugel presents original translations of the most beautiful and important poems of the Scripture. Taken together, these poems represent the very essence of the Hebrew Bible. Reading them one after another is like taking a guided tour through Scripture, meeting firsthand some of its most important teachings and opening the way to an understanding of the Bible as a whole.
Each poem is accompanied by an eloquent and accessible explanation of the poem's language, and a reflection on its meaning. These learned, compact essays introduce readers to the broader spiritual world of ancient Israel. What did people in biblical times believe about God? Where is a person's soul located and what does it do? Is there an afterlife? How does one come to "know" God? Why wasn't Eve meant to be Adam's "helpmate" (Kugel shows how this was just a translator's slip-up), and what does the Bible have to say about the role of women?
Kugel's sparkling translations of the poems, together with the fascinating insights that accompany them, distill the very best that the Bible and modern scholarship have to offer. Kugel brings new life to some of history's greatest poems, and offers a new look at a Bible we thought we already knew. Here, in one volume, is a "Bible's bible" that belongs in every home.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Simon + Schuster LLC
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. April 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781451689082
• Artikelnr.: 37917894

Autorenporträt

James 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.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
Introduction
1. Psalm 104 "This is where birds make their nest"
A Place in the System
2. Psalm 42 "My soul longs for You"
The Double Agent
3. Psalm 29 "Listen! The Lord"
The Death of Baal
4. Amos 4:4 5:24 "Let justice roll down like waters"
A Prophet in Israel
5. 2 Samuel 1:19-27 "How the mighty have fallen!"
David's Lament
6. Job 28 "There is mine for silver"
Where Wisdom is Found
7. Judges 5 Deborah's Song
Tough Women
8. Psalm 51 David's Confession
A Pure Heart
9. The One-Line Poem
(chosen from Proverbs and Ecclesiastes)
Solomon's Riddles
10. Isaiah 11:1-9 "The wolf will dwell with the lamb"
An Ideal Time
11. Psalm 23 "The Lord is my shepherd"
"And Obscure as That Heaven of the Jews"
12. Jeremiah 12:1-6 "You always win, O Lord"
Why Do The Wicked Prosper?
13. Psalm 137 "By the rivers of Babylon"
The Fall of Jerusalem
14. Psalm 119 A Psalm of Devotion
To Know God
15. The Song of Songs Selections
Sea of Love
16. Micah 7:8-20 "Who is like You?"
God's Character
17. Isaiah 60 "Arise, shine!"
The Match
18. Ecclesiastes 12 "Remember your Creator"
For Everyone, a Season
Dates of Important Figures and Events
Notes on Translations
Brief Bibliography
Scriptural Index