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The Bible and Poetry

Author : Michael Edwards
Publisher : New York Review of Books
ISBN 13 : 1681376385
Total Pages : 177 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (813 download)

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Download or read book The Bible and Poetry written by Michael Edwards and published by New York Review of Books. This book was released on 2023-08-15 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Poetic Scripture

Author : LaMar Smith
Publisher : WestBow Press
ISBN 13 : 1973610183
Total Pages : 255 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (736 download)

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Download or read book Poetic Scripture written by LaMar Smith and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2017-12-19 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, you will find poetry based on stories in the Biblepoems of prayer, haikus, life, Satan, and love. If you are a poetry lover and enjoy reading Gods words such as myself; both are in this book. This book could serve as another tool for you to study Gods Word and provide a new, fresh, and innovative way of understanding his word through poetry. Each title of poetry reflects a biblical story, such as The Biblical Superman taken from the book of Judges, 12 Stones and a Prostitute taken from the book of Joshua, and many more. There are poems about Lucifer called He Made Me Do Ita new twist on the old term the devil made me do it. There are inspirational pieces to aid in reflecting upon life as we all grow with God. With each poem, there are thought-provoking questions which may relate the poem to your life or questions you might have during your biblical studies. As you read his Words more and appreciate all his wonderful love, the more you will grow and realize we are all Gods children. Stay blessed.

Victorian Poets and the Changing Bible

Author : Charles LaPorte
Publisher : University of Virginia Press
ISBN 13 : 0813931657
Total Pages : 418 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (139 download)

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Download or read book Victorian Poets and the Changing Bible written by Charles LaPorte and published by University of Virginia Press. This book was released on 2011-11-17 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Victorian Poets and the Changing Bible charts the impact of post-Enlightenment biblical criticism on English literary culture. The eighteenth and nineteenth centuries saw a widespread reevaluation of biblical inspiration, in which the Bible’s poetic nature came to be seen as an integral part of its religious significance. Understandably, then, many poets who followed this interpretative revolution—including Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Robert Browning, and Elizabeth Barrett Browning—came to reconceive their highest vocational ambitions: if the Bible is essentially poetry, then modern poetry might perform a cultural role akin to that of scripture. This context equally illuminates the aims and achievements of famous Victorian unbelievers such as Arthur Hugh Clough and George Eliot, who also responded enthusiastically to the poetic ideal of an inspired text. Building upon a recent and ongoing reevaluation of religion as a vital aspect of Victorian culture, Charles LaPorte shows the enduring relevance of religion in a period usually associated with its decline. In doing so, he helps to delineate the midcentury shape of a literary dynamic that is generally better understood in Romantic poetry of the earlier part of the century. The poets he examines all wrestled with modern findings about the Bible's fortuitous historical composition, yet they owed much of their extraordinary literary success to their ability to capitalize upon the progress of avant-garde biblical interpretation. This book's revisionary and provocative thesis speaks not only to the course of English poetics but also to the logic of nineteenth-century literary hierarchies and to the continuing evolution of religion in the modern era. Victorian Literature and Culture Series

Poetic Scripture II

Author : LaMar Smith
Publisher : WestBow Press
ISBN 13 : 1664269800
Total Pages : 171 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (642 download)

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Download or read book Poetic Scripture II written by LaMar Smith and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2022-07-25 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a continuation from Poetic Scripre I sories fo the Bible from Genesis to Ruth. This book picks up with 1 Samuel and gives a poetic summary of the stories in the Bible. In between each chapter, are inspirational poems, haikus, poems about the Devil but all have a theme leading to God. The title of the poems reflect the story or theme of the poem. The biblical poems are taken from the King James version and are accompanied with scriptural verses and thought-provoking questions.

The Art of Biblical Poetry

Author : Robert Alter
Publisher : Basic Books
ISBN 13 : 0465028195
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (65 download)

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Download or read book The Art of Biblical Poetry written by Robert Alter and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2011-09-06 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three decades ago, renowned literary expert Robert Alter radically expanded the horizons of biblical scholarship by recasting the Bible as not only a human creation but a work of literary art deserving studied criticism. In The Art of Biblical Poetry, his companion to the seminal The Art of Biblical Narrative, Alter takes his analysis beyond narrative craft to investigate the use of Hebrew poetry in the Bible. Updated with a new preface, myriad revisions, and passages from Alter's own critically acclaimed biblical translations, The Art of Biblical Poetry is an indispensable tool for understanding the Bible and its poetry.

Enjoying the Bible

Author : Matthew Mullins
Publisher : Baker Books
ISBN 13 : 1493421956
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (934 download)

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Download or read book Enjoying the Bible written by Matthew Mullins and published by Baker Books. This book was released on 2021-01-19 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many Christians view the Bible as an instruction manual. While the Bible does provide instruction, it can also captivate, comfort, delight, shock, and inspire. In short, it elicits emotion--just like poetry. By learning to read and love poetry, says literature professor Matthew Mullins, readers can increase their understanding of the biblical text and learn to love God's Word more. Each chapter includes exercises and questions designed to help readers put the book's principles and practices into action.

An Introduction to the Old Testament Poetic Books

Author : C. Hassell Bullock
Publisher : Moody Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1575674505
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (756 download)

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Book Synopsis An Introduction to the Old Testament Poetic Books by : C. Hassell Bullock

Download or read book An Introduction to the Old Testament Poetic Books written by C. Hassell Bullock and published by Moody Publishers. This book was released on 2007-09-01 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The poetic books of the Old Testament--Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Solomon--are often called humankind's reach toward God. The other books of the Old Testament picture God's reach toward man through the redemptive story. Yet these five books reveal the very hear of men and women struggling with monumental issues such as suffering, sin, forgiveness, joy, worship, and the passionate love between a man and woman. C. Hassell Bullock, a noted Old Testament scholar, delves deep into the hearts of the five poetic books, offering readers helpful details such as harmeneutical considerations for each book, theological content and themes, detailed analysis of each book, and cultural perspectives. Hebrew is a language of "intrinsic musical quality that naturally supports poetic expression," says Bullock in his introduction. That poetic expression comes from the heart of the Old Testament writers and reaches all of us exactly where we are in our own struggles and joys.

Reading Biblical Poetry

Author :
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
ISBN 13 : 9780664224394
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (243 download)

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Download or read book Reading Biblical Poetry written by and published by Westminster John Knox Press. This book was released on 2001-01-01 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A companion to Reading Biblical Narrative provides a holistic introduction to biblical poetry, offering literary examples of how the poets of the bible created their works. Original.

Holy Bible Poetry: Popular Biblical Passages in Rhyme

Author : Gary W. Parker
Publisher : Independently Published
ISBN 13 : 9781796615746
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (157 download)

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Download or read book Holy Bible Poetry: Popular Biblical Passages in Rhyme written by Gary W. Parker and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2019-03-05 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Holy Bible Poetry is a book of 176 poems, each of which includes a popular Biblical passage word for word. A limited number of additional words and phrases are inserted in and around the passage to produce a rhyming poem with consistent timing and meter. The additions are intended to clarify or enhance the message as well. From Genesis through Revelation, 46 of the 66 books in the Bible are represented by at least one poem. Examples include Genesis 1: 1-2 (In the Beginning), Psalm 23 (The Lord Is My Shepherd), Matthew 17: 20 (Grain of Mustard Seed), Luke 6: 27-29 (Love Your Enemies) with 172 other popular passages/poems.

Chapters Into Verse

Author : Robert Atwan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (333 download)

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Download or read book Chapters Into Verse written by Robert Atwan and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A Poetic Christ

Author : Olivier-Thomas Venard
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0567684709
Total Pages : 496 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (676 download)

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Download or read book A Poetic Christ written by Olivier-Thomas Venard and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2019-02-21 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Olivier-Thomas Venard's Thomas d'Aquin poète théologien trilogy, an in depth analysis of the scripture of St. Thomas Aquinas, is translated for a new audience in this streamlined anthology. Featuring selections from all three books in the trilogy, chosen in accordance with Venard's direction and discernment, it introduces not only arguments pertinent to the theme of this volume, but an invitation to explore the full breadth of Venard's work. Concentrating on the subjects of scripture, theology and literature, language as a theological question and the word of God, Murphy and Oakes capture the scope and energy of Venard's trilogy while collating many of its key passages. Ranging from the themes of a poetic gospel and Christology to the Thomist theories of semiology and the metaphysics of the Word, this volume sets scholars on the path to a deeper understanding of Aquinas's systematic theology.

Complete Book of Bible Quotations

Author : Mark L. Levine
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 067167692X
Total Pages : 596 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (716 download)

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Download or read book Complete Book of Bible Quotations written by Mark L. Levine and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1988-08 with total page 596 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive collection contains 4,000 famous and less well-known quotes from the pages of the King James Version of the Old Testament. A perfect resource for speakers and writers.

Old Testament Wisdom Literature

Author : Craig G. Bartholomew
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
ISBN 13 : 0830898174
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (38 download)

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Download or read book Old Testament Wisdom Literature written by Craig G. Bartholomew and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2014-06-04 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Craig G. Bartholomew and Ryan P. O'Dowd provide an informed introduction to the Old Testament wisdom books Proverbs, Ecclesiastes and Job. More than an introduction, however, this is a thoughtful consideration of the hermeneutical implications of this literature.

The Great Poems of the Bible

Author : James L. Kugel
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 145168908X
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (516 download)

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Download or read book The Great Poems of the Bible written by James L. Kugel and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-04-24 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

The Names of God

Author : Herbert Chanan Brichto
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 019535513X
Total Pages : 481 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (953 download)

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Download or read book The Names of God written by Herbert Chanan Brichto and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1998-04-09 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the sequel to the author's iconoclastic Toward a Grammar of Biblical Poetics (Oxford, 1992), in which Brichto argues for the aesthetic wholeness of the Hebrew Bible, and the consistency of Scripture's preachment on God, nature, and the human condition--in direct opposition to current source criticism, which maintains that inconsistencies within the text support an atomistic reading of multiple authors. In The Names of God, Brichto brings us his "poetic" reading of Scripture to the Book of Genesis. Using contemporary methods and insights of literary criticism, he examines one of the great inconsistencies within Genesis that have led to the supposition of multiple authors--the assortment of terms or names for the Deity, among them Yahweh and Elohim--and attempts to show the appropriateness of certain of these names to the stories in which they appear. He also looks at a variety of other data within Genesis such as genealogies, eponyms, and chronologies, and shows that their poetical function--their variety, ingenuity, and imaginative whimsy--is vital to the structure of the text as a whole. In finding a unity in this diversity of materials, Brichto makes a strong case for the text as the artistic achievement of a single author.

The Issues of Life in Poetic Verse

Author : Jack J. Chinn
Publisher : Xulon Press
ISBN 13 : 159160060X
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (916 download)

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Download or read book The Issues of Life in Poetic Verse written by Jack J. Chinn and published by Xulon Press. This book was released on 2002-06 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Bible in Poetry

Author : Teresa Schultz
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781939815255
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (152 download)

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Download or read book The Bible in Poetry written by Teresa Schultz and published by . This book was released on 2017-06-29 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you ever wonder if there is a simpler or more interesting way to learn about the Bible? In "The Bible in Poetry," the books of the Bible are condensed into concise, enjoyable and easy-to-read poems. Enjoy biblical teachings in simple, beautifully-written poems.