Strong as Death is Love Alter Robert
Strong as Death is Love Alter Robert These five late biblical books offer readers a range of pleasures not usually associated with the Bible. Women often stand center stage. They are artful,…
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Strong as Death is Love Alter Robert
These five late biblical books offer readers a range of pleasures not usually associated with the Bible. Women often stand center stage. They are artful, entertaining literary works innovative, even startling.
It offers some of the most beautiful love poems of the ancient world. Song of Songs is a celebration of young love, frankly sensuous, with no reference to God or covenant. The story of Queen Esther s shrewd triumph is a secular entertainment that mixes farce with sly sexual comedy.
The character of Ruth embodies the virtues of loyalty, love, and charity in a harmonious world. Enigma replaces harmony in Daniel, whose feverish night dreams envision the end of time. And the traditions of prophecy are recast in the tale of a fish that, on God s command, swallows Jonah and imprisons him in its dark wet innards for three days.
Alter s translation restores the original power of these popular books."