Jeffrey M. Cohen

Genesis in Poetry

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If you are searching for a straightforward retelling of the book of Genesis in a modern idiom, this is not the book for you. If you are looking exclusively for a poetic rendering of the simple text, you've picked up the wrong book. If you are primarily after a textual commentary, you'll expect one that is far more expansive. If, however, you are after a lively, dramatic, highly original, and entertaining retelling of the Genesis stories in rhymed verse, which skillfully synthesizes both critical literary analysis and exotic, folkloristic, and occasionally whimsical elements--then this book is a must! The general reader will be charmed by what… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-1-72525-082-6
EAN: 9781725250826
Produktnummer: 33391754
Verlag: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
Seitenangabe: 264 S.
Plattform: PDF
Masse: 1'766 KB

Über den Autor

Jeffrey M. Cohen is a graduate of theological colleges in Manchester and Gateshead, United Kingdom. He obtained a first class honors degree and MPhil from London University and a PhD from Glasgow University. He has served as rabbi to some of the largest congregations in Britain and lectured in London and Glasgow universities. He is the author of twenty-five books and several hundred articles in both scholarly and popular journals, and is married with four children and fourteen grandchildren.