The world\'s greatest poetry resides in the Bible, yet these major Poets are traditionally rendered into prose.
Jesus speaks in wisdom verse in the Gospel, Pa.
In the Hebrew Bible we hear Solomon rhapsodize in Song of Songs, David chant in Psalms, God and Job debate in grand rhetoric, and prophet poet Isaiah plead for peace.
In this pioneering volume of biblical Poets translated in English, Willis Barnstone restores the lyricism and power of the poets\' voices in both the New and Old Testaments.
The world\'s greatest poetry resides in the Bible, yet these major Poets are traditionally rendered into prose