TY - BOOK AU - Rosenberg,David TI - A literary Bible SN - 9781582435145 AV - BS 1091 B582l 2009 U1 - 220.5/209 22 PY - 2009/// CY - Berkeley PB - Counterpoint, Distributed by Publishers Group West KW - Bible KW - Old Testament KW - Biblia. KW - A.T. N1 - Includes index; Telling: the Torah -- Genesis -- Exodus -- Numbers -- Seeing: the Prophets -- Samuel -- Isaiah -- Jeremiah -- Zechariah -- Jonah -- Writing: the Scrolls -- Psalms -- Lamentations -- Song of Songs -- Job -- Ecclesiastes -- Ruth -- Esther -- Judith -- Daniel -- Ezra -- Epilogue: how the Bible came about -- Telling, seeing, writing : the division in three parts of the Hebrew Bible -- Afterword: how this book came about -- Getting through to the writer N2 - 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 UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1413/2009025587-d.html ER -