Black cloth spine and yellow boards with dustjacket. Entire book is very clean, square along the edges, and tightly bound. Only flaw to book is minor edge wear to dj.

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Title: A Poet's Bible: Rediscovering the Voices of the Original Text
Publisher: Hyperion
Publication Date: 1991
Language: English
ISBN 10: 1562829882
ISBN 13: 9781562829889
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: 1st Edition
Condition: Near Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

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A fresh retelling of the Bible's most powerful stories reintroduces readers to the individual voices of the authors of the original verse

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This is a modern paraphrase of chapters from various books of the Hebrew Bible (Psalms, Job, Ecclesiastes, Isaiah, Jonah, etc.) and Apocrypha (Judith and Maccabees). Rosenberg is famous (or notorious) as the translator of Harold Bloom's Book of J ( LJ 10/15/90). Each translation is typefaced with a brief explanatory introduction supplemented by a general introduction wherein Rosenberg attempts to explain his intent--which is to get to the heart of the original text through his "modernizations." Some of his renderings make sense and exhibit poetic feeling (e.g., his treatment of Psalm 23), but the majority are quite bizarre and convoluted when compared to traditional translations (e.g, King James Version of the Bible, Revised Standard Version, Jewish Publication Society Bible, etc.). Buy according to demand.
- Robert A. Silver, Shaker Heights P.L., Ohio
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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