A literary Bible
By: an original translation by David Rosenberg
Publisher: Counterpoint; Distributed by Publishers Group West
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Berkeley
Language: eng
Number of pages: 680
ISBN-13: 9781582435145
Work titles: Bible. O.T. English. Rosenberg. Selections. 2009
Description: Experience each book of the Bible as if it were written for our time. Rosenberg's magisterial translation forces us to ask again-- and at last in literary terms-- why the Bible remains a crucial foundation of our culture.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Telling: the Torah; title: Genesis; title: Exodus; title: Numbers; title: Seeing: the Prophets; title: Samuel; title: Isaiah; title: Jeremiah; title: Zechariah; title: Jonah; title: Writing: the Scrolls; title: Psalms; title: Lamentations; title: Song of Songs; title: Job; title: Ecclesiastes; title: Ruth; title: Esther; title: Judith; title: Daniel; title: Ezra; title: Epilogue: how the Bible came about; title: Telling, seeing, writing : the division in three parts of the Hebrew Bible; title: Afterword: how this book came about; title: Getting through to the writer.