The Great Poems of the Bible; A Reader's Companion with New Translations,9780684857749

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

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ISBN13: 9780684857749
ISBN10: 068485774X
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 1999-10-14
Publisher(s): Free Press
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Summary

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. Book jacket.

Author Biography

James L. Kugel is Starr Professor of Hebrew Literature at Harvard University and Visiting Professor of Bible Studies at Bar-Ilan University in Israel. He is the author of a number of books of biblical scholarship. A former poetry editor for Harper's magazine, he divides his time between Jerusalem, Israel, and Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Table of Contents

Introduction
1. PSALM 104 "This is where birds make their nest"
26(18)
A PLACE IN THE SYSTEM
30(14)
2. PSALM 42 "My soul longs for You"
44(10)
THE DOUBLE AGENT
46(8)
3. PSALM 29 "Listen! The LORD"
54(21)
THE DEATH OF BAAL
55(20)
4. AMOS 4:4-5:24 "Let justice roll down like waters"
75(23)
A PROPHET IN ISRAEL
79(19)
5. SAMUEL 1:19-27 "How the mighty have fallen!"
98(7)
DAVID'S LAMENT
100(5)
6. JOB 28 "There is mine for silver"
105(24)
WHERE WISDOM IS FOUND
107(22)
7. JUDGES 5 Deborah's Song
129(18)
TOUGH WOMEN
133(14)
8. PSALM 51 David's Confession
147(12)
A PURE HEART
149(10)
9. THE ONE LINE POEM (CHOSEN FROM PROVERBS AND ECCLESIASTES)
159(22)
SOLOMON'S RIDDLES
160(21)
10. ISAIAH 11:1-9 "The wolf will dwell with the lamb"
181(11)
AN IDEAL TIME
183(9)
11. PSALM 23 "The LORD is my shepherd"
192(19)
"AND OBSCURE AS THAT HEAVEN OF THE JEWS"
193(18)
12. JEREMIAH 12:1-6 "You always win, O LORD"
211(9)
WHY DO THE WICKED PROSPER?
213(7)
13. PSALM 137 "By the rivers of Babylon"
220(19)
THE FALL OF JERUSALEM
221(18)
14. PSALM 119 A Psalm of Devotion
239(32)
TO KNOW GOD
251(20)
15. THE SONG OF SONGS Selections
271(8)
SEA OF LOVE
276(3)
16. MICAH 7:8-20 "Who is like You?"
279(9)
GOD'S CHARACTER
280(8)
17. ISAIAH 60 "Arise, shine!"
288(17)
THE MATCH
292(13)
18. ECCLESIASTES 12 "Remember your Creator"
305(19)
FOR EVERYONE, A SEASON
307(17)
DATES OF IMPORTANT FIGURES AND EVENTS 324(2)
NOTES ON TRANSLATIONS 326(15)
BRIEF BIBLIOGRAPHY 341(5)
SCRIPTURAL INDEX 346

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